Bhopal Gas Disaster

25 years after Bhopal Gas Disaster: a selection of news (Jan 2006 - Dec 2009)

On December 3, 1984, toxic poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL's) pesticide plant in Bhopal. The gas leak triggered a disaster that is now widely

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, CSE, India, Toxic Wastes

Environment

What Dow Chemical Company is doing to remove its liability for the waste dumped in the Union Carbide factory

Is Dow liable for the waste in Bhopal factory of Union Carbide?

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Chemical Industry, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, CSE, India, Toxic Wastes

Environment

Research on waste at the Union Carbide factory and what it has found

This fact sheet includes research on waste at the Union Carbide factory and what it has found.

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, CSE, Toxic Wastes

Environment

What is being done regarding toxic waste at Union Carbide, Bhopal

This fact sheet contains what is being done regarding toxic waste at Union Carbide, Bhopal.

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Bhopal, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Toxic Wastes

Environment

Contamination of soil and water inside and outside the Union Carbide India Limited, Bhopal

25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal reveals this 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.

Bhopal 25later years: all papers in order, but denied their due

an 80-Yr-Old Still Queues Up For Relief
Suchandana Gupta | TNN

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Health Effects, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)

Hazardous Waste

Women still affected even 25 yrs after gas disaster

Even 25 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, there are several families in Bhopal where the women are not getting married. If in some cases, the gas-affected women are suffering from gynaecological disorders, in others no family is ready to take them in marriage suspecting that either the woman would not conceive or if she does, the child would not be normal and healthy.

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Health Effects, Women, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Poisonous Gases, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)

Hazardous Waste

Programmes, seminars to mark 25th year of gas tragedy

A two-day national seminar, organised by three organisations, will be held on December 1 to draw attention towards the plight of Bhopal gas tragedy victims on its 25th anniversary.

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Central Chronicle (Bhopal)

Tags:

Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)

Hazardous Waste