The National Human Rights Commission India on Friday accepted the action taken by the authorities concerned and the ex-gratia of ₹1 crore paid to the families of the 12 people who died in the tragic styrene gas leak incident in LG plant in Visakhapatnam. The Commission had taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of eight persons …
In one of the deadliest industrial accidents since the Bhopal tragedy of 1984, a gas leak at the LG Polymers India’s plant in Visakhapatnam killed 11 people, including a child, left hundreds of people hospitalized and forced the evacuation of thousands of others. The styrene gas leak occurred around 2.30am as most of the city’s residents were sleeping, just like …
After the news of the hazardous styrene gas leak in Vizag’s LG Chemicals plant, another report of an alleged gas leak in a Chhattisgarh plant has surfaced. As per reports, 7 workers in a paper mill in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh have been hospitalised. 7 workers of a Paper Mill hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a …
The gas leak from LG Polymers, which led to the death of at least seven people in Visakhapatnam, is suspected to have been caused by styrene gas. The most common health problems when exposed to styrene involve the nervous system — both the central and the peripheral nervous systems. According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the …