#BhopalGasTragedy #32nd Anniversary The world’s worst industrial disaster is happening today and everyone is silent.Thirty-two years ago, on this day, a tragedy took place, deadly plumes of poisonous Methyl Isocyanate gas—about 500 times more toxic than cyanide– leaked from the Union Carbide factory and killed more than 8,000 immediately. But Carbide’s poisons continued to kill – over 22,000 people have succumbed to the effects of the gas disaster in the last 32 years. More than half a million continue to live with lingering health problems like cancer, respiratory illnesses, developmental disabilities, birth disabilities, cancer and reproductive disorders. The toxic contamination of underground water and soil in and around the abandoned factory site is one
of the persistent testimonies of corporate crime and impunity.
International studies have found mercury, lead and organochlorines in the breast milk of women living near the plant. Dow Chemicals, the current owner of Union Carbide, refuses to accept the disaster-related liabilities. Demonstrating blatant disregard for human suffering and struggle, the company chooses to arm-twist Indian government to close the Bhopal chapter forever — and promising more investment in return. In the last three decades, there has been little relief or justice for the survivors. Do we learn from such tragedy, the answer is no. We wait for another tragedy to happen.
Today, we appeal to our community members to keep Bhopal in their thoughts. If you happen to be unaware of the issue, read about it and start the dialogue because those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Here is a glimpse of what this disaster has brought into lives of people living in Bhopal
December 2nd marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1984 Union Carbide gas tragedy that killed up to 10,000 of the citizens of Bhopal within 72 hours and, has gone on to claim, in total, over 25,000 lives to date.
The original site and the vast chemical waste ponds nearby were never cleared up and remains, as referred to by @greenpeace, one of the world’s ‘toxic hotspots’. Thousands of #families have, for decades, been using water contaminated with toxic chemicals as their primary supply leading to serious illnesses, including cancers, and a spate of birth defects in their children.
This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1984 Union Carbide gas tragedy that killed up to 10,000 of the citizens of Bhopal within 72 hours and, has gone on to claim, in total, over 25,000 lives to date.
The original site of the toxic pesticide plant was never cleared up and remains, as referred to by @greenpeace, one of the world’s ‘toxic hotspots’. Thousands of #families have, for decades, been using water contaminated with toxic chemicals as their primary supply leading to serious illnesses, including cancers, and a spate of birth defects in their children.
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Shahnaz and her 15year old son Ateeq at home in Karond in the outskirts of Bhopal.
Ateeq suffers from excruciating pain every time he moves and is unable to walk, talk or feed himself. The family live in one of the most affected areas where carcinogenic groundwater has destroyed the lives of thousands and will continue to do so for decades to come.
Amir is one of 750 children who are in constant treatment at the Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Clinic – which in turn is funded by the Bhopal Medical Appeal. The #clinic was founded by 2004 Goldman Environmental Prize winners Rashida Bee and Champa Dev- two women who survived the initial Union Carbide tragedy in 1984 and still lead the fight for #justice in Bhopal today.
There are thousands of families in Bhopal who are suffering from the terrible effects of the toxic water that has genetically poisoned children all over the city.
The original site of the toxic pesticide plant was never cleared up and remains, as referred to by @greenpeace, one of the world’s ‘toxic hotspots’. Thousands of families have, for decades, been using water contaminated with toxic chemicals as their primary supply leading to serious illnesses, including cancers, and a spate of birth defects in their children.