Bhopal Gas Disaster

Ongoing tragedy

The victims are yet to be adequately compensated or given proper medical help; their water sources are yet to be decontaminated.

At Arif Nagar slum, a toxic waste yard next to the boundary wall of the factory. The accident polluted the soil and groundwater in the neighbourhood to dangerous levels.

Publication Date:

01/01/2010

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Compensation, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), CSE Study, Union Carbide, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), NGO, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes

Environment

Judicial failure

A MAN ARRIVES for a memorial service for the 1984 gas disaster victims on the 25th anniversary of the world's worst industrial accident, near the old Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on December 3.

Publication Date:

01/01/2010

Author(s): V. Venkatesan

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, National Environment Tribunal Act 1995, Supreme Court, High Court, Madhya Pradesh

Environment

Curative Petition (Criminal) No. 39-42 of 2010 in Criminal Appeal No. 1672-75 of 1996 on Bhopal Gas Disaster

Curative Petition (Criminal) No. 39-42 of 2010 in Criminal Appeal No. 1672-75 of 1996 on Bhopal Gas Disaster.

Publication Date:

01/01/2010

Source: Supreme Court of India

Tags:

Bhopal Gas Disaster, Environment, Industrial Disasters, Government Of India (GOI), Union Carbide, Pesticide Industry, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC)

Environment

Not learning from Bhopal

It is 25 years of the Bhopal gas disaster—the night when chemicals spewed out of the Union Carbide factory to kill and maim thousands over generations.

Publication Date:

31/12/2009

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

18

Issue:

15

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Pesticides, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Aldicarb, Carbaryl, Toxicity Studies, Pesticide Residues, Union Carbide, High Court, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes, Land Pollution

Environment

25 years of shame

The government

Publication Date:

18/12/2009

Author(s): Praful Bidwai

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Bhopal, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes

Environment

Gas survivors counsel asks Centre to hold Carbide accountable

The lead counsel for the victims of toxic contamination here against Union Carbide in an American court, on Thursday said that time was ripe for the Centre to take legal action to hold Carbide accountable for proper environmental remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater.

Publication Date:

18/12/2009

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (T), Toxic Wastes

Environment

Subterranean leak

25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal reveals this latest study by Centre for Science & Environment. This study based on CSE's Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tests found that water and soil in & around the Union Carbide factory are loaded with pesticides.

Publication Date:

15/12/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

18

Issue:

14

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Land Pollution, Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Compensation, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Pesticide Residues, CSE Study, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Groundwater Pollution

Environment

The Lessons of Bhopal

Our ruling elites consider the lives and livelihoods of the poor expendable in the pursuit of development, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL
Eight days ago, India marked a sombre remembrance

Publication Date:

11/12/2009

Source: Herald (Panjim)

Tags:

Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (T), Toxic Wastes

Environment