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Seveso disaster

industrial accident
Event chemical_accident Q8190
Seveso disaster
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Facts

8 properties
Instance of
chemical accident, industrial disaster[3]
Country
Italy[2]
Location
Meda, Seveso[4][5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.654°, 9.148°[7]
Derivative work
Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu[10]
Has cause
thermal runaway[8]
Number of deaths
+0[9]
Point in time
July 10, 1976[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Seveso disaster ar كارثة سيفيزو cs Havárie v Sevesu cs únik dioxinů v Sevesu cs Havárie u Sevesa da Sevesoulykken de Sevesounglück es desastre de Seveso fa فاجعه سوسو fi Seveson onnettomuus fr calamité fr catastrophe de Seveso hu sevesói dioxin-kiszabadulás it disastro di Seveso ja セベソ事件 ja セベソ事故 nl Sevesoramp pl Katastrofa w Seveso pt Acidente de Seveso ro Accidentul de la Seveso
🔖 Identifiers · 6
BBC Things ID
775ce21c-0eac-45ee-b6a4-c386d8267ac9
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
accident-chimique-de-seveso
Freebase ID
/m/01q1cy
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Seveso-ulykken
MeSH descriptor ID
D055906
MeSH tree code
K01.400.504.968.700, N06.850.135.195.500

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
industrial disaster, chemical accident
Location 2
Seveso, Meda
Country 1
Italy
Has cause 1
thermal runaway
Named after 1
Directive 96/82/EC
← Has effect 1
thermal runaway
← SNARC ID 1
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Summary

Seveso disaster is a chemical accident[1].

Body

Outcome and Impact

Things named for it include Directive 96/82/EC[11], a directive of the European Union[12].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Directive 96/82/EC[11], a directive of the European Union[12].

Related Entities

Concón Italy Meda Seveso

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu
    "Created claim: Derivative work: Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790847560943"
  2. 16w ago · AnnaMehta · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Italy
    Point in time → +1976-07-10T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → chemical accident, industrial disaster
    Has cause → thermal runaway
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: BBC Things ID: 775ce21c-0eac-45ee-b6a4-c386d8267ac9, Adding BBC Things ID"
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