Had America paid attention to what was happening in communities of color, the nation might have been spared the worst effects of an economic catastrophe that pummeled home values and sucked Americans into a vortex of foreclosures and layoffs, and stalled economic growth.
The effects of a disaster, like Fukushima, will certainly outlast those responsible for the catastrophe.
While the emphasis on effects became a catastrophe for science fiction, it was a relief for the capitalist culture of which Star Wars became a symbol.
In the course of the 24 years which have passed since the Chernobyl event, many multifaceted studies have been carried out, and a summary of the effects of the catastrophe has been presented in many reports by the IAEA and the Nuclear Energy Agency [ 23, 25].
Dr. Issa Malick Coulibaly, who was the executive director of the Program of the National Fight Against AIDS at the time of the study and was one of its authors, described the effects of AIDS as a "catastrophe for education and consequently for the country".
Brooklyn, however, seemed to be the hardest hit by transportation problems and the place that, second only to Lower Manhattan, would feel the effects of the catastrophe for many months to come.
But all Zimbabweans are now feeling the effects of the catastrophe that has overtaken the country.Once the bread-basket of southern Africa and one of the continent's wealthiest countries, Zimbabwe is now a basket-case and suffers a severe shortage of food.
While arsenic mitigation programs are on-going, the resulting health effects of this catastrophe deserve urgent attention and resources.
Coordination of the different medical and emergency services by the ECC made possible correct use of resources and fast attention to the population that minimized the effects of the catastrophe.
There are also thousands of young people in countries that were directly affected, who are seeing the effects of the catastrophe firsthand, and are doing all they can to assist.
