Another Point of View (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Following up on this previous post concerning the fact that all that matters to a company or corporation in the end of the day is the bottom line - and the bottom line only:No Justice for Bhopal, 25 Years Onby Anindita SenguptaIt'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
Sepia Mutiny (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Sandhya wrote a post last year related to Bhopal last year, so perhaps it isn’t necessary to go through the particulars of a case that most people know about. Still, it seems important to acknowledge that today is 25 years to the day since the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal broke down, resulting in the release of massive amounts of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas, which killed about 30,000 people...
uprisingradio.org (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Listen to this segment | the entire program Today is the Twenty-Fifth anniversary of the worst Industrial Catastrophe in the world which took place in Bhopal, India. On December 3rd, 1984, a toxic gas named methyl isocyanate (MIC) escaped from a pesticide-manufacturing plant operated by the US-based Union Carbide Corporation. Eight [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
A quarter of a century after the world's worst industrial disaster, the Indian government continues to ignore the people of Bhopal 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 3,500 people instantly and an...
The Cult of the Dead Fish (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical) disaster in Bhopal , Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was an industrial disaster that took place at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Indian city of Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh . At midnight on 3 December 1984, the plant accidentally released methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, exposing more than 500,000 people to MIC and other chemicals. The first official immediate...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Twenty-five years ago, on the night of December 2-3, nearly 41 tonnes of methyl isocyanate were released into the cold night air in Bhopal. The highly toxic chemical had been stored in an underground tank inside the premises of Union Carbide India Limited ' a pesticide plant that was a subsidiary of the American multinational organization, Union Carbide Corporation. On that night, the factory had been...
Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Monday, November 2 9 a.m. MONROE ERNEST V. AW CHESTERTON INC 06-L-000635, ASBESTOS J 311 BARNHART LINDA INDIVIDUALLY V. A W CHESTERTON COMPANY 08-L-000517, ASBESTOS J 311 HUBBARD VERLIE V. AW CHESTERTON INC 08-L-001226, ASBESTOS J 311 10 a.m. FLOYD CARL V. AW CHESTERTON INC 08-L-000953, ASBESTOS J 311 Friday, November 6 10 a.m. NELSON VICTOR F V. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 09-L-000149, ASBESTOS J 311...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Union Carbide Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), has completed the divestiture of its ownership in the OPTIMAL Group of Companies (OPTIMAL) to Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) for an equity value of $660 million.
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/02/2009
by Rick Steelhammer CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Sarita Malviya wasn't born when an explosion at a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India, on Dec. 3, 1984, sent a cloud of deadly gas containing the compound methyl isocyanate into the old section of the city, searing the lungs and causing the deaths of at least 4,000 people. When her family moved to Bhopal years after the world's worst industrial disaster,...
State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | 05/02/2009
In 1984, thousands died in a chemical leak at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India.
Sprol (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
For the people of the densely populated city of Bhopal, India, December 2 and 3 of 1984 mark a very dark anniversary – a time that left thousands dead and thousands more deathly ill and clinging to life. It all started in the late 1970s when Union Carbide India Limited constructed a pesticide plant in Bhopal. (...)
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
Imagineering. It’s a word that dates back to the 1940s. Probably invented by two engineers, one who worked for Disney, the other with Union Carbide (the two firms collaborated on various films during that time), it has come to describe the process of inventing devices that both dazzle and boggle the mind. Apparently Imagineering [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Ebbot Lundberg sets the global standard for rock stars aging with integrity. Years ago, the Gothenburg, Sweden, native was the wild, hollering front man of Union Carbide Productions, post-punkers who make the Pixies sound like lite FM. Twenty years later, he's the wild, hollering front man of the Soundtrack of Our Lives, who may be the world's finest practitioners of classic rock. Their new release,...
State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Highest bidder gets to push the button that implodes former Union Carbide headquarters.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
Destruction of the 350 tonnes of toxic waste generated by Union Carbide plant 25 years ago before being shut in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas disaster will have to await.
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