Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Revisited after Twenty-five Years |
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ExcerptsBackground NoteThe history of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) dates back to 1917 when four US companies – Union Carbide Co., Linde Air Products Co., National Carbon Co., Inc., and Prest-O-Lite Co., Inc. producing batteries and arc lamps for street lighting and headlamps for cars were merged to form UCC... Negligent Management Practices at UCILIn 1980, trouble started brewing at the Bhopal plant with several incidents of death and injury being reported. For instance, in December 1981, a plant operator was killed due to a phosgene gas leak and two others were injured... That Fateful Night
The Sabotage TheoryHaving adopted some measures to control the disaster, UCC initiated an effort to identify the cause. It took permission from the government to clean up the site and carried out the work under the direction of state and central government authorities... |
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