Union Carbide

Making Life Possible

The Bhopal disaster is the worst industrial accident in history. The failure of the public health care system is contributing to the continuing tragedy. In this situation of despair, the Sambhavna clinic creates possibilities by generating compassion. Established in 1996, the clinic offers free medical care and rehabilitation to the gas?affected.

Publication Date:

31/08/2006

Author(s): Somnath Baidya Roy

Source: Yes

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0

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Environment, Rehabilitation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Health Effects

Mining

Dow Chemical to help Bhopal gas tragedy victims

After years of protesting against Dow Chemical Company, Bhopal gas victims have found an unlikely ally

Publication Date:

29/06/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060630

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0

Tags:

Chemical Industry, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Human Rights, United States Of America (US)

Environment

Trust timeline

1984: Bhopal disaster 1991: The Supreme Court directs Union Carbide Corporation, USA, to finance a 500-bed hospital for the long term medical care of survivors 1992: Union Carbide's Indian

Publication Date:

30/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060531

pp:

0

Tags:

Compensation, Health Care, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Bhopal (D)

Environment

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 'New' victims

A new generation is now suffering the aftermath of the Bhopal gas

Publication Date:

29/04/2006

Author(s): Betwa Sharma

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

41

Issue:

17

pp:

1613

Tags:

Environment, Health Effects, Epidemiological Studies, Water Supply, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Greenpeace, Groundwater Pollution

Environment

The accident in Bhopal: Observations 20 years later

The most influential process safety accident passed its 20th anniversary on Dec 3, 2004. At an international symposium to mark the event in Kanpur, India during the week of this anniversary, process safety practitioners from around the world assembled to discuss progress in resolving the Bhopal tragedy and in advancing the practice of process safety worldwide.

Publication Date:

01/01/2006

Author(s): Ronald J. Willey, Dennis C. Hendershot, Scott Berger

Source: American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Tags:

Environment, Land Pollution, Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Hazardous Waste, Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Groundwater Pollution

Water Supply

Contamination of Community Water Sources in Bhopal, India

For more than a decade, a chain of evidence has accumulated that demonstrates that thousands of people living around the now-abandoned Union Carbide factory site in Bhopal, India, are suffering direct exposure to toxic substances from their water supplies.

Publication Date:

20/10/2005

Author(s): Tim Edwards

Tags:

Water Resources, Bhopal, Health Effects, Water Supply, Union Carbide, Supreme Court

Climate Change

CNG and VAT

The union and state governments' commitment to clean air will be put to the test given the tax implications of the budget. Depending on a forthcoming decision of the Empowered Committee of State

Publication Date:

30/03/2005

Source: Down to Earth

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Union Carbide

Transport

Budget 2005-2006: the missing audit

The discussions on the Union budget 2005 2006 reflect the media s middle class obsession. The finance minister s proposal for a fringe tax on perquisites and other benefits of the salariat was

Publication Date:

30/03/2005

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050331

pp:

21

Tags:

Water Resources, Drinking Water, Economy, Economic Development, Finance, Union Carbide, Education, Governance