NEW TECHNOLOGIES 🤖 on Instagram: "Seveso Disaster (Italy, 1976) An explosion at a chemical plant released a cloud of highly toxic dioxin (TCDD), contaminating a large area near Milan. No immediate deaths, but thousands suffered skin lesions (chloracne), animal die-offs, and evacuations; long-term health effects (cancers, reproductive issues) persisted. It led to the EU's Seveso Directive for industrial hazard prevention."