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Early warnings The pesticide unit for manufacturing “SEVIN” (the brand name of one of the pesticides marketed by UCC) was commissioned at the Bhopal plant in 1977. It was initially…
Read More“It can’t happen here!” After the UCC Investigation Team had completed its presentation at the said press conference, Jackson Browning, UCC’s Vice-President for Health, Safety, and Environmental Affairs also addressed…
Read MoreUCC’s Report According to UCC’s own Report, on the night of 2/3.12.1984, all the critical safety systems at the Bhopal plant had either been shut off or were dysfunctional: (1)…
Read MoreViolation of Safety Norms UCC’s own brochure on MIC had clearly stated that: (1) “Methyl isocyanate (MIC) is reactive, toxic, volatile, and flammable” (p.1); (2) it “is a hazardous material…
Read MoreThe inhabitants of Bhopal became victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster when on the night of 02/03 December 1984 a huge toxic plume engulfed about two-thirds of the city…
Read MoreWith hardly a week left for the Supreme Court to commence hearing on the CBI’s curative petitions in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy, the State of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday…
Read MoreAmbassador Mulford and Treasury Secretary Paulson lobby for dropping of Indian government’s liability claims for Bhopal Pressed by the United States at a senior level, government functionaries in India, including…
Read MoreBy Shiv Visvanathan, Ahmedabad What can India learn from Japan? And what can India teach the world? How a nation copes with disaster is a sign of its democracy’s health…
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