Man-made disasters, often are the results of things going wrong within our complex technological society. They can include: blackouts, hazardous material spills, air pollution, house fires, radiation leaks, food or water contamination, industrial chemical releases, and oil spills. Best case, they would just rob us of our modern conveniences for a brief amount of time. Worst case, they would impact the entire ecosystem in which we live.
An example of a man-made disaster is the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident that, according to the World Health Organization, exposed six million people to dangerous levels of radiation and left a portion of our planet nearly uninhabitable. The recent events at the Fukushima nuclear plant have once again reminded us to reconsider the global impacts of our technological know-how.
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