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India: 2009 CSE Study on Contamination of soil and water inside and outside the Union Carbide factory, Bhopal

2 December 2016

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INVESTIGATORS
Dr. Sapna Johnson
Mr. Ramakant Sahu
Dr. Nimisha Jadon
Ms Clara Duca

December 2009
CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

The city of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh suffered the world’s worst ever industrial disaster in December 1984, when around 5,00,000 inhabitants were exposed to toxic gas (Methyl Isocyanate) from the Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) pesticides factory. Thousands of people died immediately, with estimates ranging from 3,000 to 20,000. Whereas the components of the toxic gas release remained in the environment for a comparatively short time, the factory, now abandoned, remains heavily contaminated with a range of persistent pollutants, both organic and inorganic in nature.

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Contamination of soil and water inside and outside the Union Carbide India Limited, Bhopal | a CSE Study - 2009
INVESTIGATORS
Dr. Sapna Johnson
Mr. Ramakant Sahu
Dr. Nimisha Jadon
Ms Clara Duca