Today marks the twenty-five year anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak.
On December 3, 1984, the city of lakes, Bhopal, India was victim to the world's worst industrial disaster. Methyl Isocyanate leaked from Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant, killing about 4,000 people, and leaving others permanently disabled. To this day, a toxic waste from the plant still contaminates the soil and groundwater and we find that children are still being born with birth defects. After a thorough investigation it was found that," six safety measures designed to prevent a gas leak had either malfunctioned, were turned off or were otherwise inadequate. In addition, the safety sired, intended to alert the community should an incident occur in at the plant, was turned off." Chairman and CEO of UCIL, Warren Anderson, neglected to fix any of the thirty major hazards found in a 1982 safety audit. Anderson was arrested by police in India after visiting the site, jumped bail and flew back to the United States. He has yet to return to India. Anderson is wanted in India and by Interpol. Justice needs to be served to the innocent victims of this tragedy. "United States authorities claimed they could not find Anderson and India has not pursued his extradition from the United States for fear of damaging US investment and trade."
Wow what a crazy story. That is so sad what happended to the people there, and even sadder that nothing has been done on the people's behalf. Not that you could ever really make up for something like that.
ReplyDeletei just learned about a nuclear spill that happened in worchester, some 15 or 20 years ago. did anyone else know about that?
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