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Switzerland Fluor Damage To, 1956 (b/w photo)

Switzerland Fluor Damage To, 1956 (b/w photo)
animal
Switzerland
Europe
illness
pollution
cow
farmer
FRICKTAL
fluorine
FLUORINE-DAMAGE
poisoning
aluminium
production
Exhaust-gases
EXHAUST-AIR
DAMAGE-TO-THE-CONSEQUENCES
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rheinfelden
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Europe
illness
pollution
cow
farmer
FRICKTAL
fluorine
FLUORINE-DAMAGE
poisoning
aluminium
production
Exhaust-gases
EXHAUST-AIR
DAMAGE-TO-THE-CONSEQUENCES
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Switzerland Fluor Damage To, 1956 (b/w photo)

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Stringer (STR)

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black and white photograph

Date

1956 AD (C20th AD)

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The fluorine damage in the Fricktal as a result of the exhaust gases from the aluminium smelter in Badisch-Rheinfelden is a public issue. Diseases of flora and fauna in the Moehlin and Rheinfelden area are evidence of the consequences of fluorine gases. When ingested through food, fluorine leads to a life-threatening and painful breakdown of bone substance. Only the corridor to the slaughterhouse, taken in September 1956, remains.

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