No justice for Bhopal, 25 years on

Posted, 2009-12-03
The Guardian

It's 25 years since the world's worst industrial disaster struck Bhopal, a town in central India. On 3 December 1984, a toxic leak in Union Carbide Corporation's factory unleashed 40 tonnes of lethal gas into the sleeping town. It killed

"that the 350 metric tonne waste lying in the factory is not at all harmful,"

The Guardian 2009-12-03

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