The killer factory is silent now. Derelict. But the poisons are still there. We have found toxic chemicals in abandoned rooms in the plant and soil samples taken from the surrounding area show high concentrations of dangerous and carcinogenic chemicals.

Union Carbide's abandoned factory. From here, on the night of 2/3 December 1984, a tank containing a dangerously large quantity of methyl isocyanate ruptured, sending a cloud of poison gas out across the sleeping city of Bhopal.

 

Local people are angry because there has been no justice. The corporation escaped lightly and has repudiated its responsibilities.