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Bhopal Gas Tragedy Still Burns 30 Years Later

Protests have continued for decades
Protests have continued for decades Wang Ye - Xinhua/ZUMA

Considered history’s worst industrial accident, having killed thousands in a Dec. 3, 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide plant in India, the health effects in Bhopal can still be felt today.

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Twenty-Eight Years On, History’s Worst Industrial Disaster Still Kills The Babies Of Bhopal

Bhopal water probably won't help swallow the pill for the disaster's victims
Bhopal water probably won't help swallow the pill for the disaster's victims Alex Goldmark

In December 1984, this Indian city suffered what is considered the world’s worst industrial accident ever.

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Why The Bhopal Disaster Site, 28 Years Later, Is Still A Toxic Killer

The Bhopal plant, abandoned but still deadly
The Bhopal plant, abandoned but still deadly Julian Nitzsche

NEW DELHI – Who will be able to decontaminate Bhopal? During the night of December 3, 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide plant exploded in the north Indian city of Bhopal, releasing toxic gases that killed between 15,000 and 30,000 people. Nearly 28 years after one of the worst industrial catastrophes in history, toxic chemicals abandoned […]

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