Union Carbide Factory
Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradhesh.
Founded in: 1969
Status: Industrial Disaster; Closed; Structure in state of disuse and disrepair.
Industry: MANUFACTURING (Fertilizers)
Founded in: 1969
Status: Industrial Disaster; Closed; Structure in state of disuse and disrepair.
Industry: MANUFACTURING (Fertilizers)
Built and ownded by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). Site of the Bhopa Gas Tradegy (1984)- "the world's worst industrial disaster".
In 1969 UCIL built a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, which gained worldwide attention as a result of the Bhopal disaster. On December 3, 1984, a release of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas immediately killed about three thousand people and led to the death of more than fifteen thousand in subsequent weeks and months. The death rate is currently about 2 or 3 people per week.
In 1969 UCIL built a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, which gained worldwide attention as a result of the Bhopal disaster. On December 3, 1984, a release of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas immediately killed about three thousand people and led to the death of more than fifteen thousand in subsequent weeks and months. The death rate is currently about 2 or 3 people per week.
Sources:
1.http://bhopal.org/what-happened/union-carbides-disaster/
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
3.https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/
4.https://thediplomat.com/2017/04/bhopal-gas-tragedy-still-haunts-india/ 5.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142333/
6.http://www.bhopal.com/Bhopal-Plant-History-and-Ownership
1.http://bhopal.org/what-happened/union-carbides-disaster/
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
3.https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/
4.https://thediplomat.com/2017/04/bhopal-gas-tragedy-still-haunts-india/ 5.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142333/
6.http://www.bhopal.com/Bhopal-Plant-History-and-Ownership