День борьбы за права человека от химической опасности (День химической безопасности)
История России
[{'start': '28.240', 'end': '36.920', 'text': 'Day of the Struggle for Human Rights from Chemical\nHazards (Chemical Safety Day)'}, {'start': '36.920', 'end': '45.000', 'text': 'The right of people to live in a safe\nenvironment is guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.'}, {'start': '45.000', 'end': '53.720', 'text': 'Every year on April 28, Russia celebrates the Day of the\nStruggle for Human Rights from Chemical Hazards,'}, {'start': '53.720', 'end': '62.200', 'text': 'or Chemical Safety Day.  The reason for\nestablishing this Day was, unfortunately, the'}, {'start': '62.200', 'end': '69.600', 'text': 'tragic events that occurred\nin 1974 at the chemical'}, {'start': '69.600', 'end': '79.040', 'text': 'weapons plant in Novocheboksarsk (Chuvashia).\nThen, on April 28, 1974, during the production of a'}, {'start': '79.040', 'end': '86.960', 'text': 'new batch of weapons, a fire broke out – an\nunfinished “finished product” workshop caught fire at the plant.'}, {'start': '87.960', 'end': '95.160', 'text': 'Many aviation bombs filled with\ndangerous and toxic V-gas burned up, and'}, {'start': '95.160', 'end': '102.280', 'text': 'several tons of toxic substances were released into the environment.\nOnly by a lucky chance and thanks to the'}, {'start': '102.280', 'end': '109.640', 'text': 'efforts of the workers, this man-made disaster did\nnot become even larger in scale – the accident did'}, {'start': '109.640', 'end': '117.680', 'text': 'not spread beyond the city limits.  Although, according to\nexperts, the consequences of this accident are comparable'}, {'start': '117.680', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'to the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.\nBut information about the incident and its consequences,'}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '131.080', 'text': 'as well as about many similar accidents of that time\nat chemical plants in the USSR (in Novomoskovsk,'}, {'start': '131.080', 'end': '139.880', 'text': 'Chapayevsk, Stalingrad, Dzerzhinsk), was hidden\nfrom the population; it became available only in the'}, {'start': '139.880', 'end': '148.080', 'text': '1990s on the initiative of environmentalists and environmental\norganizations.  But even to this day, the consequences of'}, {'start': '148.080', 'end': '159.520', 'text': 'this accident have not received an objective scientific\nassessment.  The Day of the Struggle for Human Rights'}, {'start': '159.520', 'end': '168.360', 'text': 'from Chemical Hazard was first celebrated on April 28, 1997,\nat the initiative of a number of Russian environmentalists in'}, {'start': '168.360', 'end': '175.480', 'text': 'memory of the tragic events in Novocheboksarsk.\nIn subsequent years, this day became celebrated'}, {'start': '175.480', 'end': '182.680', 'text': 'as Chemical Safety Day.  Its goal is,\nfirst of all, a critical analysis of the interaction of'}, {'start': '182.680', 'end': '190.120', 'text': 'man with “chemistry” – both dangerous and useful.\nEnsuring chemical safety of the country (both'}, {'start': '190.120', 'end': '196.280', 'text': 'people and nature) is one of the main\nnational tasks, without solving'}, {'start': '196.280', 'end': '204.160', 'text': 'which it is impossible to implement any projects\naimed at improving the quality of life of people.'}, {'start': '204.160', 'end': '212.000', 'text': 'Therefore, it is necessary to conduct an independent\nassessment of the impact of'}, {'start': '212.000', 'end': '218.480', 'text': 'chemical pollution on the environment, the health of\npeople affected and suffering from chemical'}, {'start': '218.480', 'end': '224.560', 'text': 'pollutants, chemical pollution of\nindividual areas and food products, the'}, {'start': '224.560', 'end': '231.640', 'text': 'level of chemical safety of enterprises, etc.\nOn the occasion of Chemical Safety Day,'}, {'start': '231.640', 'end': '238.480', 'text': 'environmental and ecological organizations\nand representatives of the public in the regions'}, {'start': '238.480', 'end': '244.320', 'text': 'are holding various environmental events,\nseminars, press conferences, information'}, {'start': '244.320', 'end': '251.440', 'text': 'campaigns in the media and other activities.\nTopics covered at these events:'}, {'start': '252.720', 'end': '258.480', 'text': '“For chemical safety”, “Chemical\nweapons: history, ecology, politics”,'}, {'start': '258.480', 'end': '265.760', 'text': '“Undeclared chemical war in Russia: politics\nversus ecology”, “Biological weapons – weapons of the'}, {'start': '265.760', 'end': '274.280', 'text': '21st century”, “Toxic substances and health”, “Chemistry\nand housing”, “Chemistry and human rights”, and others.\xa0  A'}, {'start': '274.280', 'end': '281.080', 'text': 'major environmental problem is\nalso the destruction of old chemical weapons.'}, {'start': '281.080', 'end': '287.320', 'text': 'They are not limited to educational\nand informational activities, but, for example, they'}, {'start': '287.320', 'end': '294.320', 'text': 'are collecting signatures addressed to the President\nand the State Duma of the Russian Federation with specific proposals'}, {'start': '294.320', 'end': '301.040', 'text': 'for legislative support of the right of\npeople to live in an environment free of'}, {'start': '301.040', 'end': '306.960', 'text': '“chemistry” harmful to human health and nature.\nAnother important and large'}, {'start': '307.800', 'end': '315.240', 'text': 'environmental problem for Russia is the\ndestruction of old chemical weapons.'}, {'start': '315.240', 'end': '322.040', 'text': 'This is especially relevant for residents of populated\nareas where it has been stored for a long time and is'}, {'start': '322.040', 'end': '329.000', 'text': 'destroyed today.  After all, the stopped\nmilitary enterprises, which in Soviet times were'}, {'start': '329.000', 'end': '336.840', 'text': 'engaged in the production of chemical weapons and\nexplosives and were later abandoned, today threaten'}, {'start': '336.840', 'end': '343.760', 'text': 'several regions of Russia.  And their elimination\nrequires colossal costs and, therefore, is'}, {'start': '343.760', 'end': '349.720', 'text': 'not always carried out in a timely manner.\nTherefore, every year on Chemical'}, {'start': '349.720', 'end': '355.560', 'text': 'Safety Day, representatives of environmental and\nnature conservation organizations also hold meetings'}, {'start': '355.560', 'end': '362.440', 'text': 'with chemical production workers at\nchemical weapons production and storage sites, and organize'}, {'start': '362.440', 'end': '370.560', 'text': 'meetings with government representatives and the media.  To once\nagain remind about the consequences that'}, {'start': '370.560', 'end': '378.160', 'text': 'man-made disasters at chemical and\nmilitary plants can lead to, and to call on responsible'}, {'start': '378.160', 'end': '385.640', 'text': 'persons to be able to receive open\nand accessible information from them about such emergency'}, {'start': '385.640', 'end': '397.600', 'text': 'situations.  After all, the right of people to live in a safe\nenvironment is guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.'}]