For deep dive into modern hazards of 55-gallon drums, see @journalsentinel reporting on reconditioning industry. #envhsit

This Day in Environmental History: November 24, 1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman becomes the first European to observe the island he names Van Diemen's Land (renamed Tasmania in 1855).

#TDIH #OTD #envhsit #histsci #thisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear.