Tragedy Still Part of Life in Bhopal. Beth Duff-Brown.
by Duff-Brown, Beth; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 43Environment. Publisher: Gazette-Mail, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Bhopal disaster, India (1984) | Child disaster victims | Disaster victims | Dow Chemical Co | Industrial accidents | Justice | Union Carbide CorporationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It was five minutes past midnight Dec. 3, 1984, when 40 tons of poisonous gas burst from a storage tank at the pesticide plant. Silently, it seeped out over this former Muslim principality [Bhopal] in the heart of India, a royal city once revered for its art and poetry. Within minutes, tens of thousands would be clawing at their throats and putting palms to their frothing mouths and bleeding eyes, stumbling through the dark alleyways, crying for help....Those who survived were condemned to a life of gruesome memories, medical ordeals and a fight for justice many believe has been denied by U.S. chemical giants." (GAZETTE-MAIL) The author reflects upon the Bhopal tragedy, noting that after 20 years "survivors are gaining ground in their demand for financial and environmental compensation. But other Bhopalis want to put the tragedy behind them, shed their city's anguished image and reinvent Bhopal as another of India's booming business hubs."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Tragedy Still Part of Life in Bhopal, Nov. 28, 2004; pp. 1A+.
"It was five minutes past midnight Dec. 3, 1984, when 40 tons of poisonous gas burst from a storage tank at the pesticide plant. Silently, it seeped out over this former Muslim principality [Bhopal] in the heart of India, a royal city once revered for its art and poetry. Within minutes, tens of thousands would be clawing at their throats and putting palms to their frothing mouths and bleeding eyes, stumbling through the dark alleyways, crying for help....Those who survived were condemned to a life of gruesome memories, medical ordeals and a fight for justice many believe has been denied by U.S. chemical giants." (GAZETTE-MAIL) The author reflects upon the Bhopal tragedy, noting that after 20 years "survivors are gaining ground in their demand for financial and environmental compensation. But other Bhopalis want to put the tragedy behind them, shed their city's anguished image and reinvent Bhopal as another of India's booming business hubs."
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