The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to update it’s rules surrounding ‘Risk Management Plans’ for hazardous chemical facilities, a change that may increase public awareness of unsafe or hazardous factories or chemical facilities in …
Survivor groups in Bhopal have voiced their opposition to the government’s plan to build a memorial to the victims of the gas tragedy in the grounds of the abandoned factory site, arguing a full assessment of …
Author of ‘Rethinking Bhopal’, Kenneth Bloch, is a process safety professional who has taken a very deep interest in the Bhopal Disaster story. Rethinking Bhopal is a meticulously researched account of history’s worst single-incident industrial disaster. …
Rethinking Bhopal: A Process Safety Analysis of the Union Carbide Bhopal Plant Part 4 Read More »
Imagine having lost a loved one for the sake of a disposable polystyrene cup. This is the position many families in the Indian town of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, now find themselves in after a deadly toxic …
Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Highlights Need for Corporate Accountability Read More »
Today we are deeply saddened to report that it has happened once again. In the early hours of this morning, tragedy struck for communities on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, …
We wish to thank Adrian Finn for bringing to our attention the following two letters concerning Bhopal that were submitted to The Chemical Engineer in the December/January issue, the second of which he submitted himself. The …
Letters on Bhopal to the Chemical Engineer Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue Read More »
A different kind of “911” happened in 1984. September 11, 1984 was the date that Union Carbide management received the results of an “Operational Safety/Health Survey” completed at the Institute Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) Unit in West …
Rethinking Bhopal- A Process Safety Perspective, Part 2 Read More »
Author of ‘Rethinking Bhopal’, Kenneth Bloch, is a process safety professional who has taken a very deep interest in the Bhopal Disaster story. Rethinking Bhopal is a meticulously researched account of history’s worst single-incident industrial disaster. …
The International Labour Organization (ILO) was the first specialised agency of the United Nations and has a mandate to advance social justice and promote decent work by setting international labour standards. Within the UN, its tripartite …
Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work Read More »
A cruel disease that touches all of our lives, we all know somebody who will die from cancer and many of us have already witnessed a friend, or a loved one, perish in its grip. An …
Spare a Thought for Bhopalis on World Cancer Day, 4th February Read More »
Satinath Sarangi, Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA) and Managing Trustee of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic has been speaking at events in Mangaluru (or Mangalore) urging that lessons should be learned from Bhopal to ensure …
‘The world is against them’: new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto & other glyphosate manufacturers including Dow Chemical According to the Guardian: “In an historic verdict in August, a jury ruled that Monsanto had caused …
