Explain how the safety laws were overlooked by the government in case of the Bhopal UC
(Union Carbide) Plant.
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It may have caused some industrial safety procedures to improve, but the survivors of the tragic Bhopal gas disaster are still fighting for compensationThe Bhopal gas leak is one of the worst industrial disasters in history. It demonstrates what can happen when safety measures are overlooked.
On December 3 1984, methyl isocyanate or MIC, an extremely toxic gas, started leaking from a chemical plant majority-owned by Union Carbide in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh state, India. Within hours, deadly MIC clouds engulfed the city.
Union Carbide says 3,800 people died and thousands became permanently or temporarily disabled by the toxic gas, a figure that the government of India does not dispute.
But more than a dozen NGOs campaigning for justice on behalf of victims for 25 years say the real number of deaths is much larger. “At least 7,000 people were killed within the first 72 hours of the leak,” says Karuna Raina, a Greenpeace India campaigner who leads the Bhopal gas campaign. She says more than 25,000 people have since died of exposure-related illnesses.