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Located in northwestern Italy, approximately 20 kilometers north of Milan, the town of Seveso became internationally known following an industrial accident in 1976 that had serious environmental and health consequences. On 10 July 1976, an uncontrolled reaction occurred in a reactor at a facility owned by the chemical company ICMESA near Seveso, during the production of trichlorophenol (TCP), resulting in a toxic gas leak. The white gas cloud released into the atmosphere after the explosion cont