ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTimes of India: 41 years On: Bhopal gas tragedy documented online by Sambhavna Trust. “The Sambhavna Trust Clinic that has been providing free medical care to the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal for the last 29 years observed the 41st Anniversary of the disaster with the launching of a Digital Archive on the disaster.”
Eudaimon ꙮEl 3 de diciembre de 1984,
«Uno de los peores accidentes químicos del mundo ocurrió esa mañana en la planta química de Bhopal, 🇮🇳India. Debido a la falta de medidas de seguridad por parte de la empresa 🇺🇲 Union Carbide, el gas altamente tóxico isocianato de metilo se liberó al aire en un lugar donde vivían medio millón de personas. Según el gobierno, 5295 personas murieron y 4902 quedaron con discapacidades permanentes. Las víctimas reportan que 22 917 personas murieron, 508 432 quedaron con discapacidad permanente y 33 781 resultaron gravemente heridas.
La🇺🇲 empresa no se comprometió a compensar los daños causados a miles de habitantes locales.»
#Bhopal #India #UnionCarbide #Colonialismo
«Uno de los peores accidentes químicos del mundo ocurrió esa mañana en la planta química de Bhopal, 🇮🇳India. Debido a la falta de medidas de seguridad por parte de la empresa 🇺🇲 Union Carbide, el gas altamente tóxico isocianato de metilo se liberó al aire en un lugar donde vivían medio millón de personas. Según el gobierno, 5295 personas murieron y 4902 quedaron con discapacidades permanentes. Las víctimas reportan que 22 917 personas murieron, 508 432 quedaron con discapacidad permanente y 33 781 resultaron gravemente heridas.
La🇺🇲 empresa no se comprometió a compensar los daños causados a miles de habitantes locales.»
#Bhopal #India #UnionCarbide #Colonialismo
John AutryDecember 3, 1984 - In the early morning hours, one of the worst industrial disasters in history began when American-owned Union Carbide’s pesticide plant located near the densely populated city of Bhopal in central India leaked a highly toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate into the air.
Estimates of the fatalities vary widely, but of the approximately one million people living in Bhopal at the time, 2,000 were killed immediately, at least another 8,000 within a short time, and hundreds of thousands were injured, many still suffering today.
The U.S. blocked extradition of Union Carbide officials facing criminal prosecution in India. Union Carbide has since been purchased by Dow Chemical which continues to refuse responsibility for the incident or its victims, and has yet to clean up the site.
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDA massive #IndustrialDisaster occurred in Bhopal, #India on #ThisDayInHistory in 1984. A #UnionCarbide chemical plant spewed toxic gases, killing at least 16,000 and causing birth defects & cancers to the present day. The CEO was, of course, never punished, and victims got $500.
Peter RileySitting In (1991) history of the 1979 #UnionCarbide #strike and #occupation at #Altona, Victoria,
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/570657
Barry Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Hill_(Australian_writer)
#labormovement #Sitdown #solidarity #strikes #workingclasshistory
7sleepersmusic"...between 100K and 200K still suffer from a laundry list of serious chronic conditions: reduced breathing capacity and vision, damaged immunity systems, joint pains, neurological disorders, kidney diseases, cancers (...) The incidence of children with intellectual and physical disabilities born to mothers who’d been exposed to MIC is 7 times higher than that of non-exposed mothers." #Asia #SouthAsia #Bhopal #UnionCarbide #DowChemical #Justice cc: @mekongreview @kixes https://mekongreview.com/bhopal-forty-years-on/
Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ @solownh
>> #Russia... if you're listening...
I hope they are not listening. Otherwise, they will try to build #Chernobyl-like plants in the most densely populated areas of #USA, and #Trump will approve those projects.
I KNOW this can happen, because it has happened before when #UnionCarbide, a #US company did just that in #Bhopal, #India in the eighties and killed 15,000 people in a metro area in one night 😱
🔥 Watch #TheRailwayMen on #Netflix 🔥
News ArticlesBhopal Gas Tragedy: 40 Years After Unloading of Waste Starts in Dhar
https://www.indiaweekly.biz/bhopal-gas-tragedy-waste-disposal-dhar/
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 40 Years After Unloading of Waste Starts in Dhar
THE PROCESS of unloading 337 tonnes of hazardous waste, transported from Bhopal-based defunct Union Carbide factory in container trucks, began at an incineration unit in Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district on Thursday (13), an official said. He said the exercise, which began at around 3 pm by adhering to all safety norms,… <a class="more-link" href="https://www.indiaweekly.biz/bhopal-gas-tragedy-waste-disposal-dhar/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, unloading of waste starts in Dhar</span></a>
Miro CollasBhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste from deadly leak fuels protests in India
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c863jy00430o
Union Carbide waste: Video shows ‘black’ water from borewell; officials collect samples
To dispel any fear, the district administration visited the area near Pithampur town, and water samples from the borewell and nearby drain have been collected.....This was originally posted on India Weekly. Read the detailed report here:
https://www.indiaweekly.biz/union-carbide-waste-disposal-water-pollution/
#UnionCarbide #WasteDisposal #WaterPollution #Pollution #madhyapradesh #India #UK #USA #Pithampur
Union Carbide Waste: Video Shows ‘Black’ Water From Borewell; Officials Collect Samples
AMID apprehensions by locals over the proposed disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, a video purportedly showing a borewell discharging “black” water surfaced on social media. To dispel any fear, the district administration visited the area near Pithampur town, about 30 km from Indore, where the waste has… <a class="more-link" href="https://www.indiaweekly.biz/union-carbide-waste-disposal-water-pollution/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Union Carbide waste: Video shows ‘black’ water from borewell; officials collect samples</span></a>