Category: Health and Safety
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A Call for Enforceable Regulatory Compliance Standards in Corporate Safety and Accountability
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…