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Children of Bhopal
In 1984, the Union Carbide pesticides factory in Bhopal, India leaked 40 tons of the highly poisonous gas, methyl isocyanate. Fifteen thousand people died, and those who survived have "endured horrific health problems over the past 26 years." Because the factory was never cleaned up, residents (including children) who still live in the impoverished area are subjected to the poison daily.
Tags: India; pesticide; Dow Chemical; cricket; Union Carbide
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World's Untold Stories: 25 Years After Midnight
25 years ago a documentary series traveled to Bhopal, a city which suffered the world’s worst industrial disaster that same day. This series focuses on Bhopal and what has changed and what hasn’t. Also, it looks at the lives of the survivors and many of them have given up their lives to speak out about the disaster. “Their experiences tell a story of survival, determination and hope-as they work to help the victims, and ensure that the world never forgets what happened there”.
Tags: India; chemicals; Union Carbide plant; pesticide; rights group; residents; town; environment; safety; medical; money; assistance
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No title (id: 13287)
Nearly a decade after the lawsuit began, Sam Fowler Jr., et al. v. Union Carbide Corp. has become the largest mass products-liability lawsuit in the United States, a maddening morass of litigation that has ensnared hundreds of lawyers and generated untold millions of dollars in legal fees. Texas Monthly investigates how an endless East Texas courtroom battle over "chemical AIDS" has become a case study in what is wrong with our legal system. (June 1996)
Tags: Hollandsworth The Lawsuit from Hell Courts Judges Lawyers Frivolous lawsuits 15 pgs.
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Your right to know what you breathe and drink -- a new law emerges
APF Reporter examines data from chemical companies on the release of toxic chemicals into the environment; comments on the public's right to know. Companies include Du Pont, Dow, Exxon, Union Carbide and Mosanto.
Tags: Release Inventory; SARA; Title IIIl; Community Right-To-Know Act; environment; toxic chemicals; pollution
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No title (id: 4044)
Wall Street Journal article, in the wake of the Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal, India, looks at chemical-plant safety in developing nations, Dec. 13, 1984.
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No title (id: 2800)
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) reports on the Bhopal gas leak and its aftermath; looks into how it happened, whether it can happen elsewhere and what should be done to ensure that it doesn't, Dec. 9 - 31, 1984.
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No title (id: 1017)
New York Times publishes original research on the causes of Union Carbide's leak of methyl isocyanate from its Bhopal, India, plant; finds the company's management, training, equipment and emergency procedures were to blame and shows that similar deficiencies exist at several U.S. plants, January - November 1985.
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