Pisa

When white is the real dirt

Melita Zajc / November 26, 2021

ENVIRONMENT: How Belgian chemical business activities brought both prosperity and pollution to one coastal Italian village.

calcium chloride, Chloé Malcotti, chlorine, climate crisis, CO2, coal, electricity, environment, Ernest Solvay, Gaston Bachelard, hydrogen peroxide, IDFA, Medusa, Pisa, Rome, Rosignano Marittimo, science, Siena, sodium bicarbonate, Spiagge Bianche, Tyrrhenian Sea

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