Industrial Disasters

dow Chemicals has agreed to pay up for cleaning up the site of Union Carbide plant in Bhopal but it wants all legal liabilities of the 1984 disaster removed against them. According to reports, Dow

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

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Chemical Industry, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Union Carbide, NGO, India

Wildlife

Gujarat says no to Bhopal disaster waste

Publication Date:

11/10/2007

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Industrial Disasters

Environment

Two labourers die of poisonous gases

Publication Date:

24/09/2007

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Industrial Disasters

Environment

Letter of D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India to PM Manmohan Singh on Bhopal Gas Disaster

On August 9th, 2007, Mr. D.Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India, wrote a strong letter on the matter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accusing the PM's office of treating Dow and not Bhopal survivors as the victims of an injustice. The Prime Minister replied on August 17th.

Publication Date:

01/08/2007

Source: Prime Ministers Office

Tags:

Environment, Health Effects, Compensation, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Court, High Court, Government Of India (GOI), United States Of America (US), Madhya Pradesh, Prime Ministers Office, New Delhi, Water Pollution

India

Guidelines to manage chemical disasters

there has been a surge in accidents in chemicals industries of late. The most recent accident happened in a chemical factory near Ahmedabad where a blast claimed four lives on June 4. A week

Publication Date:

14/07/2007

Author(s): Minti Jain

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Chemical Industry, Disaster Management, Industrial Disasters, NGO, India