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Hard hitting documentary takes a look at the 1984 chemical leak in Bhopal, India, which killed over ten-thousand people at the time and continues to kill people today who were in contact with the chemical cloud twenty years ago.
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- Peter Raymont, Linda Lee Tracey
On December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked poisonous methyl isocyanate gas that killed fifteen thousand people. Hundreds of thousands more were permanently maimed. Bhopal remains the world’s worst chemical industry disaster.
Ex-FBI informant admits getting Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence. On December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India leaked poisonous gas that killed thousands.
- 3 Min.
- 1590
- WhitePineTV
Bhopal: The Search for Justice: Looking at the 1984 chemical leak in Bhopal, India, which killed fifteen thousand people at the time and continues to have severe health effects on people who were in contact with the chemical cloud when the leak occurred.
- Documentary
- 2004-12-09
- What Leaked and Why?
- Inadequate Compensation
- Water Contamination
- Cancers and Birth Defects
- Dow Refuses to Pay
- ICJB Fights For Justice
More than 27 tons of methyl isocyanate and other deadly gases turned Bhopal into a gas chamber. None of the six safety systems at the plant were functional, and Union Carbide’s own documents prove the company designed the plant with “unproven” and “untested” technology, and cut corners on safety and maintenance in order to save money.
In 1989 a settlement was reachedbetween Union Carbide and the Government of India, awarding each survivor only $500 for life-long debilitating injuries. This means survivors have been given less than 5 cents per day – the cost of a cup of tea – to pay for decades of medical bills. Many have lost the ability to work because of their health problems ...
Union Carbide abandoned Bhopal and did not cleaning up its factory site. For years it had been dumping chemicals and wastes around the factory grounds, and these have leaked into the soil and contaminated the drinking water of 30,000+ people. Tens of thousands of people drank the water for years, and Union Carbide told no one of the risks. Testing ...
Recent reports confirm that the contamination is getting worse. Water from one hand pump in Atal Ayub Nagar, already lethal by 1999, has become seven times more toxic since then. The rate of birth defects in the contaminated areas is ten times higher than in the rest of India. Cancers and other diseases are rife.
In 2001, Dow Chemicalpurchased 100% of Union Carbide. The survivors, as well as the governments of India and Bhopal’s state Madhya Pradesh, hold that Dow Chemical acquired Union Carbide’s liabilities through the purchase. Indeed, immediately after the acquisition, Dow set aside $2.2 billion to meet Union Carbide asbestos liablilities in the USA. Ho...
The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB)has been fighting for decades for the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster.
20. Juli 2007 · The water in Bhopal is contaminated and undrinkable, yet people are left with no choice but to use it. Even the milk of nursing mothers is laced with toxins.
- 2 Min.
- 11K
- SundanceTV
21. Feb. 2006 · Bhopal: The Search for Justice. On December 3, 1984, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from Union Carbide's plant in Bhopal, India, killing thousands (particularly children and the elderly), and causing blindness and long-term lung damage in hundreds of thousands of survivors.
