Residents in Bhopal fight for clean up of toxic disaster, 25 years later

Thu, 12/03/2009 - 13:08
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The 1984 gas leak in the Indian city of Bhopal remains the worst industrial disaster in history. On the night of December 3rd plumes of toxic gas from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide killed thousands of nearby residents overnight and disabled survivors in the tens of thousands. Twenty-five years later the site has still not been cleaned up. Activists are now demanding that Michigan-based Dow Chemical – which now owns Union Carbide – pay its share of the cost. FSRN's Jacob Resneck reports from Bhopal.

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