The Bhopal gas-leak disaster still haunts us with lessons left half learnt
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The Bhopal gas-leak disaster still haunts us with lessons left half learnt

Live Mint  

On the night of 2-3 December 1984, 40 tonnes of deadly methyl-isocyanate gas leaked from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal. A study of its long-term health effects by the Bhopal Gas Disaster Research Centre of the Indian Council for Medical Research concluded: “The results show that the toxic gas exposees, for long after the exposure, continued to suffer from multisystem involvement but predominantly from respiratory, eye and gastro- intestinal disorders." As with MIC gas in Bhopal, the foul air that turns hazardous every winter in northern India not only kills, but also causes health problems that can persist for years. The high level of tiny particulate matter in the air killed 4.2 million worldwide in 2019, according to the WHO, almost 90% of them in low- and middle-income countries like India.

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As waste linked to Bhopal gas tragedy arrives in Dhar for disposal, MP CM seeks to assure doubters
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As waste linked to Bhopal gas tragedy arrives in Dhar for disposal, MP CM seeks to assure doubters

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal/Dhar, Amid 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy arriving in Dhar from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on Thursday and ensuing protests, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister addressed "doubters" and said the issue should not be politicised. Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, 337 tons of waste was shifted from the defunct Union …

Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste from world’s deadliest industrial disaster taken away for disposal after 40 years
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Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste from world’s deadliest industrial disaster taken away for disposal after 40 years

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A convoy of trucks took …

Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste must be disposed of after discussions with experts, says Mahajan
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Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste must be disposed of after discussions with experts, says Mahajan

Hindustan Times  

Indore, The disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy must be undertaken after detailed discussions with scientists and experts as it has a bearing on the wellbeing of citizens, senior BJP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan said on Thursday. However, it should be done after detailed discussions with scientists, experts and …

40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Authorities Begin Clearing 377 Tons Of Toxic Waste
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1 week, 2 days ago

40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Authorities Begin Clearing 377 Tons Of Toxic Waste

ABP News  

Forty years, after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, authorities are clearing out the some 377 tons of toxic waste left behind from the defunct Union Carbide factory, on Wednesday night. #WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: The toxic waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide Factory is being taken away in containers to Pithampur, to be discarded. Demand Restoration FCRA For Sambhavna Trust An organisation …

Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about the horrific industrial disaster of 1984
1 week, 2 days ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about the horrific industrial disaster of 1984

India TV News  

Bhopal gas tragedy: Almost forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the shifting of around 377 tons of hazardous waste began from the defunct Union Carbide factory on Wednesday night for its disposal. A green corridor has been created for the vehicles which are expected to reach Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district in seven hours," said Bhopal Gas Tragedy …

Bhopal gas tragedy: 40 years after, Union Carbide toxic waste set to be shifted 250 km from city for disposal
1 week, 5 days ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: 40 years after, Union Carbide toxic waste set to be shifted 250 km from city for disposal

India TV News  

In Bhopal, 377 tonnes of hazardous waste is set to be removed from the now dysfunctional Union Carbide factory. Bhopal gas tragedy The highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticides factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3 in 1984, killing 5,479 persons and leaving more than five lakh others with health problems and …

Bhopal gas survivors’ groups, Pithampur locals protest over Union Carbide waste
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bhopal gas survivors’ groups, Pithampur locals protest over Union Carbide waste

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors along with locals at Pithampur Industrial Area have opposed the government’s plan to dispose of the overground Union Carbide waste at Pithampur incinerator saying it will further pollute the industrial area. Lending support to the protests by Pithampur Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh president Rashida Bee said, “The technical presentation of …

Bhopal gas tragedy: NHRC directs Union, MP governments to safeguard human rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: NHRC directs Union, MP governments to safeguard human rights

New Indian Express  

2nd December 2024 marked 40 years since the Bhopal gas leak disaster happened, one of the worst industrial catastrophes and corporate negligence cases in living memory, not only in India but worldwide, the plea said. The Bhopal gas tragedy has scientific and environmental implications including human, health risks, and contaminated soil, water and air, the plea said. Despite having numerous …

US Senate introduces resolution to designate December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day
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1 month ago

US Senate introduces resolution to designate December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical disaster, three Senators have introduced a resolution to designate December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day. Introduced by Senators Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden and Peter Welch, the resolution recognises the 40-year effort of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster in India to ensure that no …

Learnings from Bhopal tragedy
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Learnings from Bhopal tragedy

Hindustan Times  

Around 12.40am on December 3, 1984, nearly 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate, a poisonous gas, started to leak from the Union Carbide India Limited plant near Bhopal. The official figures showed that 5,295 died though activists later estimated that at least 15,000 lives were lost, while many more suffered from morbidities arising out of exposure to the noxious gas. Five …

40 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: How the disaster affected people even before their birth
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40 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: How the disaster affected people even before their birth

Firstpost  

Forty years ago, on the intervening night of December 2-3, a terrible tragedy struck Bhopal as highly toxic methyl isocyanate leaked from American company Union Carbide’s pesticide factory in the city. In 1984, highly toxic methyl isocyanate leaked from American company Union Carbide’s pesticide factory in Bhopal, exposing around five lakh people to the poisonous gas. Bhopal gas tragedy’s victims …

40 years after tragedy struck Bhopal, no end to suffering
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40 years after tragedy struck Bhopal, no end to suffering

Hindustan Times  

Just after midnight as poisonous plumes of smoke wafted through Madhya Pradesh’s capital city Bhopal four decades ago, Gas Devi was born, gasping for every breath. “The soil and water here are contaminated -- that is why kids are still being born with deformities.” Waste disposal remains a challenge Forty years on, the Union Carbide plant continues to haunt Bhopal …

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Four Decades On, Toxic Waste Still Awaits Disposal
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Four Decades On, Toxic Waste Still Awaits Disposal

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Four decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, billed as the world’s worst industrial disaster till date, toxic wastes, stored in the shed of the now-closed Union Carbide’s pesticide plant here, are yet to be disposed of. A move to destroy the wastes was first initiated in 2005 with a trial disposal of ten of the 347 tons of toxic …

40 years of Bhopal Gas tragedy: How did the world’s worst industrial disaster unfold? What has happened since?
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1 month, 1 week ago

40 years of Bhopal Gas tragedy: How did the world’s worst industrial disaster unfold? What has happened since?

Firstpost  

In the intervening hours of December 2 and December 3 1984, poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbine chemical plant on the outskirts of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, instantly killing thousands and maiming lakhs of others. File image/AFP Just after the clock struck 12 at night on December 2, 1984, an industrial accident began to unfold at Union …

Remembering Bhopal Gas Disaster | Governments Do Not Care About the Poor: Bhopal Gas Tragedy Activists
1 month, 1 week ago

Remembering Bhopal Gas Disaster | Governments Do Not Care About the Poor: Bhopal Gas Tragedy Activists

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 02, 2024 13:09 IST - 14 MINS READ December 2-3, 1984. The Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s deadliest industrial disaster, exemplifies what Rob Nixon, professor of Environment and Humanities at Princeton University, calls “slow violence”—harm that unfolds gradually and invisibly, but with devastating, long-lasting effects. We committed the funds to three key objectives: first, to provide free …

Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boom
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Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boom

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal, Dec 1 Union Carbide factory, the site of the deadly gas leak 40 years ago which was once located on Bhopal's outskirts, is no longer ostracised with its neighbourhood now dotted with residential and commercial establishments. Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boom A prominent shopping mall-cum-entertainment centre is now located just 4 …

Bhopal gas tragedy: Why govt's waste disposal plan doesn't enthuse activists
5 months ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: Why govt's waste disposal plan doesn't enthuse activists

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh government, with the Centre’s financial support, has decided to begin disposing of 336 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, almost 40 years after the gas leak tragedy that officially claimed around 4,000 lives and scarred thousands of survivors with serious ailments and disabilities. Safe waste disposal has been a longstanding demand of …

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Why is Madhya Pradesh disposing of toxic waste 40 years later?
5 months, 1 week ago

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Why is Madhya Pradesh disposing of toxic waste 40 years later?

Firstpost  

The Madhya Pradesh government is set to incinerate 337 metric tonnes of toxic waste stored in the closed Union Carbide facility in Bhopal, nearly 40 years after the tragedy struck. File Photo/AFP About forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government has started the process to dispose of the 337 metric tonnes of toxic waste stored in …

Pesticides in the womb: New research shows how the Bhopal gas disaster is still destroying lives
1 year, 6 months ago

Pesticides in the womb: New research shows how the Bhopal gas disaster is still destroying lives

Salon  

If the victims were not impoverished, disempowered Indians, the Bhopal disaster would probably be on the lips of every human being alive to this day. People who were in utero during the Bhopal disaster "report decades later to have higher rates of cancer, higher rates of disability precluding employment, and lower levels of education." "While there have been many studies …

BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY | ‘Court abdicated its responsibility’: Rachna Dhingra
1 year, 7 months ago

BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY | ‘Court abdicated its responsibility’: Rachna Dhingra

The Hindu  

The social activist discusses several critical issues concerning the disaster from the survivors’ perspective. The highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide Corporation’s pesticide plant in Bhopal injured over half a million people and has killed over 25,000 since 1984. Against this backdrop, Dhingra discusses several critical issues concerning the Bhopal Gas Disaster from the perspective of …

1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: Four decades on, no closure in sight for victims
2 years, 1 month ago

1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: Four decades on, no closure in sight for victims

Firstpost  

The story of Bhopal gas tragedy becomes more glaring and tragic in the absence of any environmental assessment, accountability, punishment or lessons learnt The Bhopal gas leak from the factory on the intervening night of 2nd and 3rd December 1984 is estimated to have killed between 3,700 and 25,000 people and poisoned half a million. The story of Bhopal gas …

Bhopal gas tragedy: Remembering India's worst industrial disaster as victims still await justice
3 years, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: Remembering India's worst industrial disaster as victims still await justice

Firstpost  

Tragedy struck Madhya Pradesh’s capital after midnight on 3 December 1984 when thousands died following the leak of poisonous gases from the Union Carbide Corporation plant First, there was Chernobyl and then there was the Bhopal gas leak. Thirty-seven years ago on this day, India experienced a horror of untold magnitude in the form of the Bhopal gas leak in …

Governments Failed to Bring Culprits of Bhopal Gas Tragedy to Justice Even After 37 Yrs, Say Survivors
3 years, 1 month ago

Governments Failed to Bring Culprits of Bhopal Gas Tragedy to Justice Even After 37 Yrs, Say Survivors

News 18  

NGOs working for the rights of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Wednesday alleged that various governments in Madhya Pradesh and at the Centre have failed to bring the culprits of the world’s biggest industrial tragedy to justice even after 37 years. “We would like the world to know that even after 37 years of the world’s …

In Photos: 36 Years after Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Families Still Struggle to Pick Up Threads of Life
3 years, 11 months ago

In Photos: 36 Years after Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Families Still Struggle to Pick Up Threads of Life

News 18  

Mohd Shafiq was eight years old when his mother vomited blood due to inhalation of MIC gas leaked from the UCIL factory. The deaths of four workers at the Rourkela Steel Plant last week due to a toxic gas leak is the latest in India’s long toll of industrial disasters. Widely known as the “world’s worst industrial disaster”, the Bhopal …

Still Bearing the Wounds: Ailments Among Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Have Surged Over Years, Says Health Centre
4 years, 1 month ago

Still Bearing the Wounds: Ailments Among Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Have Surged Over Years, Says Health Centre

News 18  

Painting a grim picture of the health hazards the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy sufferers have endured in the past 15 years, an organisation working for their treatment said that ailments among survivors have surged in this period. Dr Sanjay Srivastava from Sambhavna Trust Clinic, a dedicated facility in the old city for treatment of victims of the industrial disaster, said …

'Year worsening by the day': Vizag gas leak plunges nation into sorrow | PHOTOS
4 years, 8 months ago

'Year worsening by the day': Vizag gas leak plunges nation into sorrow | PHOTOS

India Today  

A gas leak at a chemical plant near Vishakhapatnam killed at least 11 people on Thursday and brought back memories of another industrial disaster: the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority and spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy earlier today. Chemical gas leaked from …

Bhopal gas tragedy 35 years on: A look back at how the industrial disaster that claimed thousands of lives occurred
5 years, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas tragedy 35 years on: A look back at how the industrial disaster that claimed thousands of lives occurred

Firstpost  

Bhopal gas tragedy marks 35 years today on 3 December. Known to be the worst industrial disaster world in terms of loss of human lives, the tragedy, for the first time, made people aware of the magnitude of a peace-time calamity. In the wee hours of 3 December, 1984, poisonous gas leaked from the now-defunct factory of Union Carbide in …

35 years after Bhopal Gas Tragedy, survivors decry lack of relief
5 years, 1 month ago

35 years after Bhopal Gas Tragedy, survivors decry lack of relief

The Hindu  

Hundreds of Bhopal Gas tragedy survivors on Sunday formed a human chain in protest here on the eve of the 35th anniversary of what has widely been acknowledged as the world’s worst industrial disaster. The protesters on Sunday said the exposure to the toxic gas and the waste dumped on the premises of the defunct factory continued to cause them …

A new generation inherits poisoned genes of Bhopal gas tragedy, and the broken promises of govts too
5 years, 10 months ago

A new generation inherits poisoned genes of Bhopal gas tragedy, and the broken promises of govts too

Firstpost  

Even 35 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the city is still feeling its after-effects. “The impact of the gas leak was felt in a 40-kilometre radius of Bhopal,” said Abdul Jabbar Khan, a survivor of the gas leak and an activist working for the rehabilitation of survivors. The victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy had pinned a lot of …

34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about 'world's worst industrial disaster'
6 years, 1 month ago

34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about 'world's worst industrial disaster'

India TV News  

Thirty four-years ago, on this day in 1984, India witnessed one of the world’s worst chemical disasters, the Bhopal gas tragedy. Here is the timeline of the Bhopal gas tragedy December 3, 1984: Toxic methyl isocyanate gas releases from Union Carbide India Ltd’s pesticide plant in Bhopal killing about 15,000 people and injuring at least five lakh others. September 1996: …

34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: Fight for proper rehabilitation, adequate compensation continues three decades after deadly disaster
6 years, 1 month ago

34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: Fight for proper rehabilitation, adequate compensation continues three decades after deadly disaster

India TV News  

34 years ago, on this day, tragedy struck the country in the name of Bhopal gas leak. The survivors' bodies including the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, Children Against Dow Carbide and the Bhopal Group for Information and Action issued a joint statement on Sunday accusing the Madhya Pradesh and central …

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