Category: Environment
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Lessons from the Bhopal Disaster Abstract On December 3, 1984, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from Union Carbide Corporation Limited [UCCL] pesticide plant in Bhopal India, in what has been coined “The Worst Industrial Disaster The World Has Ever Known”, immediately killing at least 3,800 people and causing significant morbidity and…
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The Unfinished Story of Bhopal 1984 Over the last forty years, especially since the Union Carbide India Limited 1984 Bhopal disaster, the debate over many critical environmental issues has moved from the nation’s legislative chambers to the business and corporate board rooms. One of the most devastating environmental disasters of all time, the 1984 Union…