Bhopal

The Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal: A Review of Health Effects

The authors have reviewed studies of human health effects that resulted from exposure
to methyl isocyanate gas that leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India,
in 1984. The studies were conducted during both the early and late recovery periods. Major
organs exposed were the eyes, respiratory tract, and skin. Although mortality was initially

Publication Date:

01/09/2002

Author(s): V. Ramana Dhara; Rosaline Dhara

Source: Archives of Environmental Health

Vol:

57

Issue:

5

pp:

1

Tags:

Bhopal, Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide

India

Follow Up

The data is so old it is almost obsolete. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has brought out its report on the incidence of

Publication Date:

14/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Bhopal, Cancer, Research, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Europe, United States Of America (US), Delhi, Bangalore (D), Mumbai, Chennai (D), Statistics

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

Source: EarthRights International

Tags:

Bhopal, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, United States Of America (US), India

Natural Disasters

Birds flee winter home

Development work destroying wetlands, wildlife habitat in Bhopal

Publication Date:

27/02/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Wetlands, Bhopal, Development, Endangered Species, Urbanisation, Migratory Species

India

Fuel for thought

Biogas generation helps save 112 tonnes of fuelwood use annually in a small Bhopal village

Publication Date:

14/12/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Bhopal, Firewood, Rural Habitat, Biogas, Rural Technology, Public Participation, Community Groups

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

Author(s): Labunska, K., I.; Stephenson, A.; Brigden, Stringer

Source: Greenpeace Research Laboratories

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide

Air Pollution

Five steps to recovery

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

Publication Date:

30/05/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990531

pp:

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

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Bhopal, Health Care, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Legislation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI)

India

Heat and death

Summer is only just setting in. And already there are reports of deaths in Orissa due to a heat wave

Publication Date:

14/05/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Bhopal, Deforestation, Climate Change, Global Warming, Delhi, Ahmedabad (D), Orissa (Odisha), Climate

Water Resources

INDIA

Pesticides can harm unborn children, and an estimated Rs 24,000 crore is needed to fight pesticide-borne dis-eases, says Suresh Prabhu, Union minister for environment and forests.

Publication Date:

30/08/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Union Carbide