A tragedy swept more than 25 years ago, India (night between 2 and 3 December 1984) and more specifically the people of Bhopal.
A pesticide factory (Union Carbide, now Dow Chemical) had a gas leak in a toxic cloud of 40 tons of methyl isocyanate.
In the first three days from 8 to 10,000 people died, while 25 000 others died from complications.
Thousands of survivors have spent this long period of over a quarter of a century in a precarious situation for the after-effects that have affected the respiratory system, causing neurological problems, skin and eyes.
The dispersed gas has polluted the land, groundwater and water that flows near the plant was detected pesticide content of 40% higher than the Indian standards, while another showed a sampling rate well 2400 times higher than international standards. I will just remember this tragedy, even if I must denounce the treatment that the company Union Carbide has reserved the question in court after years of problems with the survivors.
The problem has been fixed for a fee of $ 470 million, a figure paltry compared to 10 billion dollars calculated by the relevant committees.
Unfortunately, too often should be reported around the world escape of any "unknown" from chemical plants, giving the impression to the citizens who apparently tragedies like Bhopal forget very easily.
Twenty-five years after Bhopal, thousands of survivors and locals are still waiting for justice, and millions of people around the world are not adequately informed on or protected from the chemicals used near their homes. We need to do a better job with the CSA, because the consequences of failure are tragic.
Source: (Scienceblogs)
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