Our Finest Disasters

From Chernobyl to the Great Smog of '52, mankind has done a magnificent job of screwing up the planet we call home. In the process, we've killed tens of thousands of people, slaughtered untold billions of animals, and wreaked havoc on millions of acres of land and water -- not to mention the air we breathe.

Take a quick glance at our track record from the worst man-made disasters, and you'll see why environmentalists sometimes get a little testy.