India clears toxic waste 40 years after Bhopal gas disaster
Thursday, 2 January 2025 () New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2025
Indian authorities moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste remaining more than 40 years after the world's deadliest industrial disaster struck the city of Bhopal, media reported Thursday. Communities have for decades blamed a high level of sicknesses on contamination of the groundwater in the wake of the highly toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in December 1984. Some 3,50
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, often referred to as the world's worst industrial disaster, unfolded in the early hours of December 3, 1984. A pesticide factory owned by the American Union Carbide Corporation leaked methyl isocyanate gas, exposing over half a million people in Bhopal to deadly toxins. The...
Forty years after the devastating Bhopal Gas Tragedy, a major step has been taken to address the hazardous legacy of the disaster. Hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste, left behind at the site, have been..
Bhopal's toxic legacy, tied to the 1984 industrial disaster, has haunted the city for decades. The hazardous waste, stored for years at the Union Carbide factory, is now being moved for safe disposal..
Thursday, 2 January 2025 ()
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2025
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