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Twenty years on - Bhopal justice must begin

Last edited 2 December 2004 at 9:00am
2 December, 2004

Indian government initiates clean up survey - Greenpeace demands Dow must pay

On the 20th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster which resulted in nearly 20,000 deaths (1), the federal government in the Bhopal area has called for a survey of the site to access the extent of the contamination. Greenpeace is calling on Dow Chemicals to take responsibility for the disaster by funding the clean up of the still highly contaminated site and to aid the thousands of people still suffering the effects of the accident.

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Bhopal is still suffering

Last edited 30 November 2001 at 9:00am
Bhopal: contaminated well

Bhopal: contaminated well

The chemical industry disaster at Bhopal on 3rd December 1984 killed and injured thousands of people. Yet the gas leak was just the beginning of an ongoing tragedy. More than 17 years later, residents of Bhopal are still suffering injury, not just from the accident but the legacy of contamination left by the chemical industry. Virtually nothing has been done to clean up the site and water used by people for everyday needs is still contaminated.

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What happened in Bhopal?

Last edited 7 November 2001 at 9:00am
Bhopal

Bhopal

20,000 dead. 150,000 survivors chronically ill. Communities still drinking contaminated groundwater 18 years later - because Dow has not yet cleaned up the dangerous chemicals Union Carbide left behind....

Between 1977 and 1984, Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), located within a crowded working class neighbourhood in Bhopal, was licensed by the Madhya Pradesh Government to manufacture phosgene, monomethylamine (MMA), methylisocyanate (MIC) and the pesticide carbaryl, also known as Sevin.

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