Bhopal: Way Ahead
DURING 1969-84, Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) mainly produced three pesticides namely sevin (carbaryl), temik (aldicarb) and sevidol, which is a formulation of carbaryl and gammahexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH).
CSE Public Meeting: Bhopal Gas Tragedy After 30 years
Anderson's Extradition & Approval for a Memorial
A Delhi court of the chief metropolitan magistrate gave the green signal to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on March 23 to extradite former Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) chairperson Warren Anderson- an accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy case, now based in US. Anderson, now 90, has never faced trial in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.
BHOPAL: A TOXIC LEGACY
Now Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation, including the latest travesty of justice.
Continuing nightmare in Bhopal: CSE laboratory tests soil, water samples from Union Carbide
Bhopal, December 1, 2009: For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal.
See also
CSE's comments on NEERI-NGRI Final Report NEERI-NGRI Final Report: Assessment and Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated Areas in and around M/s Union Carbide India Ltd., Bhopal - June, 2010 IICT: Technical and tender document for detoxification, decommissioning and dismantling of Union Carbide plant - February, 2010 NEERI's presentation to Group of Ministers (GoM) - June, 2010 Minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) held from 18-21 June, 2010
Bhopal: toxic legacy
For over 25 years the impoverished residents of Bhopal have been silently suffering the consequences of contamination caused by a ruthless, money making multi national pesticide company. But not anymore, their tireless struggle led the Centre for Science and Environment to investigate what they have been alleging all along that the water and soil around the factory had been heavily contaminated. CSE's investigation revealed the extent of contamination in the vicinity of location of the world's largest industrial disaster site was unparalleled.