Environment

Federal appeals court decision reinstating parts of suit against Union Carbide

This appeal presents the latest of many legal battles stemming from perhaps history's worst industrial catastrophe: the
1984 toxic gas disaster at a chemical plant in Bhopal, India. Earlier actions included scores of individual and class-action
complaints filed in federal courts throughout the United States and consolidated in the United States District Court for the

Publication Date: 
15/11/2001
EarthRights International
Tags:
Bhopal, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, United States Of America (US), India
India

 Wronged again

the Bhopal gas tragedy victims suffered yet another setback when the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust refused to entertain their compensation claims without a copy of the judgement given by the

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India
India

 Payback time

A Supreme Court ruling ensures compensation to a few Bhopal gas victims

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Compensation, Health Care, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Legislation, Supreme Court
Climate Change

 Bhopal revisited

The government department to provide relief to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy may be closed down

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Bhopal Gas Disaster, Government Of India (GOI), Politics, Madhya Pradesh, Corruption
India

 A change in scene

Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have filed a lawsuit in the US against Union Carbide Corporation and its former head Warren Anderson

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Legislation, United States Of America (US), India
Environment

The Bhopal Legacy

The Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, which used to manufacture (among other products) the pesticide Sevin (carbaryl) gained world-wide recognition as a result of the tragic chemical disaster on the night of 2-3rd December

Publication Date: 
01/11/1999
Labunska, K., I.; Stephenson, A.; Brigden, Stringer
Greenpeace Research Laboratories
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide
Environment

The Bhopal legacy

In May 1999, Greenpeace International, along with the Bhopal-based NGOs Bhopal Group for Information and Action and Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sanghatana, carried out an investigation of the former UCIL site. Samples of soil were collected both from areas once used for waste disposal, and around the former Sevin plant, where a ruptured and leaking storage tank was found.

Publication Date: 
01/11/1999
& et al, Labunska, I., Stephenson, A., Brigden, K.
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Lead, Drinking Water, Pesticide Industry, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Greenpeace, India
Air Pollution

 Five steps to recovery

Panchakarma , an ayurvedic treatment, holds the key to Bhopal gas victims recovery

Publication Date: 
30/05/1999
Down to Earth
8
19990531
0
Tags:
Bhopal, Health Care, Medical Systems, Allopathy, Ayurveda, Bhopal Gas Disaster
India

 SC CRITICISES GOVT

The Supreme Court (SC) has criticised the Union government for delaying the release of Rs 27 crore sanctioned to better equip the two hospitals at Bhopal to provide medical assistance to over

Publication Date: 
14/05/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Bhopal, Health Care, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Legislation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

 14 Years Later..

...there's a Bhopal waiting to happen in the nooks and corners of the country. But the government is yet to take the right steps to ensure the safety of workers and the environment

Publication Date: 
14/02/1999
Raj Kishor Khaware
Down to Earth
7
19990215
0
Tags:
Environment, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Industry, Occupational Safety

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