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India clears toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak site, 40 years after disaster

Indian authorities say they have moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste remaining more than 40 years after the world’s deadliest industrial disaster struck the city of Bhopal. In the early hours of December 3, 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory owned by American Union Carbide Corporation, poisoning more than half a million people in Bhopal, the …

Bhopal: Work to dispose Union Carbide waste near Indore begins 40 years after gas leak tragedy, protests erupt

The 377-metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the inoperative Union Carbide factory in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, which was the epicentre of the gas leak tragedy of 1984 which killed over 5,000 people, is being moved 250 kilometres to an area in Indore for disposal. Pithampur: Workers deployed for the collection of toxic waste for disposal from the Bhopal's Union Carbide …

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 …

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: Even after 39 years since the toxic gas leak from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory on the chilly night of December 2 in Bhopal that killed thousands of people, the horrific incident continues to give nightmares to the survivors. At least 3,787 people lost their lives and over 5 lakh were physically affected after a toxic gas …

A court in Bhopal has posted for January 6 the hearing on various petitions, including of the CBI, seeking that Dow Chemical be tried for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that killed more than 3,000 people and caused environmental damage. Dow Chemical, headquartered in Michigan in the U.S., had bought the Union Carbide Corporation, a gas leak from whose facility …

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 …

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 …

The 337 tonnes of hazardous waste at the Union Carbide’s plant in Bhopal will be burnt at an incinerator at Pithampur industrial areas in Indore, 37 years after the gas leak from the chemical plant killed close to 4,000 people, officials said. The hazardous waste at the plant is believed to have contaminated ground water in and around the plant …

Highlights Methyl isocyanate leakage from Union Carbide on intervening night of Dec 2, 3 killed over 3K people The cause of the so-called 'accidental leakage' is still under debate. Here's 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 …

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 …

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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 …

Bhopal gas leak: 30 years later and after nearly 600,000 were poisoned, victims still wait for justice

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It’s five past midnight on a cold December night. On the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, approximately 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate, one of the most toxic gasses, leaked from the factory in Bhopal owned by the U.S. chemical giant Union Carbide Corporation. Sixteen studies by government and non-governmental agencies show that the soil and groundwater in …