The authors have reviewed studies of human health effects that resulted from exposure to methyl isocyanate gas that leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984. The studies were conducted during both the early and late recovery periods. Major organs exposed were the eyes, respiratory tract, and skin. Although mortality was initially
The Welfare Commissioner, Bhopal Gas Victims, Bhopal announced that the claim courts located in far off places as well as at disturbed places would be closed. The same courts will operate from safer
• On April 15, 2004 Miami, USA, District Judge Adalberto Jordan refused to throw out federal charges against Greenpeace for protesting a shipment of Amazon mahogany, setting up a trial that
The Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, which devastated the city, has changed hands. The plant that made methylisocyanate (mic) infamous throughout the world has been taken over from the us-based
Gas Pidit Nirashrit Morcha, Bhopal will demonstrate at Parliament in New Delhi on November 18. The main demands of Gas Pidit Nirashrit Morcha are that prime accused in Bhopal gas tragedy Warren
More hospital beds are not the answer, say survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carried out a study to assess the status of ground water quality and soil characteristics around Bhopal gas accident site in the surroundings of Union Carbide of India Ltd. (UCIL), Bhopal. The CPCB study confirms presence of heavy metals, pesticides and some of the volatile organic compounds in the soil samples and the groundwater.
Press release hoax . The Bhopal Gas Disaster: Targeting Dow Chemical . USA Negligence, not sabotage, according to a New Scientist report, caused the 1984 Bhopal disaster, when toxic gases leaked
That fatal gas leak of December 1984, which made Bhopal synonymous with inustrial disasters the world over, has yielded innumerable lessons - mostly on how not to manage such tragic events. One of
Vociferous protests from the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has forced the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre to stop charging them for their treatment. At a meeting of the Bhopal
In the presence of Bhopal Governor Ramprakash Gupta a meeting was organised on the 19th anniversary of gas tragedy. Tributes to those who died in the tragedy was paid. Chief Minsiter Digvijay Singh
Milind Ghatwai A day before the Bhopal gas tragedy completes 25 years, the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed that chemicals dumped in the Union Carbide plant continue to contaminate land and groundwater.
BRIDGEHAMPTON (NEW YORK): The former head of the chemical company responsible for the gas leak that killed thousands of people in Bhopal 25 years ago has been
Led by victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, a host of NGOs in Bhopal today staged a demonstration to protest against US President Bill Clinton's India
Even after 15 years of the Bhopal gas disaster, people were still exposed to dangers of Bhopal-like tragedies, Greenpeace International said yesterday. "People are still being poisoned and
Noted doctors and medical experts all over the country assembled at Bhopal for a Digestive disease workshop reached a conclusion after a lengthy debate that Bhopal gas victims were suffering from
On December 2-3 15000 people were killed in Bhopal when 41 tonnes of Methyl Isocyanate, a poisonous gas leaked from one of the tanks of Union Carbide Corporation
The Centre has agreed to release Rs 10 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government for issuing identity cards (smart cards) to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy enabling them to avail medical
Safety measures failure led to Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This was stated by an employee of UCIL in a Bhopal Court on Tuesday. A former employee of Union Carbide India Ltd. asserted that all safety measures
The Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan has expressed anguish at the on-going indefinite strike by 900 gas employees of the gas claim courts affecting the settlement of claims of about 1.5
