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  • World's Untold Stories: 25 Years After Midnight

    25 years ago a documentary series traveled to Bhopal, a city which suffered the world’s worst industrial disaster that same day. This series focuses on Bhopal and what has changed and what hasn’t. Also, it looks at the lives of the survivors and many of them have given up their lives to speak out about the disaster. “Their experiences tell a story of survival, determination and hope-as they work to help the victims, and ensure that the world never forgets what happened there”.

    Tags: India; chemicals; Union Carbide plant; pesticide; rights group; residents; town; environment; safety; medical; money; assistance

    By Bill Wunner; Harshal Vaidya

    CNN (Atlanta)

    2009

  • No title (id: 4044)

    Wall Street Journal article, in the wake of the Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal, India, looks at chemical-plant safety in developing nations, Dec. 13, 1984.

    Tags: None

    By None

    Wall Street Journal (New York)

    1984

  • No title (id: 1017)

    New York Times publishes original research on the causes of Union Carbide's leak of methyl isocyanate from its Bhopal, India, plant; finds the company's management, training, equipment and emergency procedures were to blame and shows that similar deficiencies exist at several U.S. plants, January - November 1985.

    Tags: None

    By None

    New York Times

    1985