On December 3rd, 1984, around midnight, Union Carbide's plant in Bhopal, India, spewed 40 tons of toxic gases, over a 250 acre area. Hundreds of thousands of people woke up choking for air and ran as fast as they could away from the toxic cloud. In total, at least 17,000 perished from the poison. Some estimates put the number closer to 25,000.
That's 6 to 10 times the death toll from September 11th.
To this day, families have not been fully compensated, the then-director of the plant, Warren Anderson, never faced any charges, and the site was never cleaned up.
Union Carbide Corporation was bought in 2001 by Dow Chemical (both always denied any wrongdoing in the spill). Its chairman, William Stavropoulos, made over $11M last year and holds over $20M in options.
Do something:
That's 6 to 10 times the death toll from September 11th.
To this day, families have not been fully compensated, the then-director of the plant, Warren Anderson, never faced any charges, and the site was never cleaned up.
Union Carbide Corporation was bought in 2001 by Dow Chemical (both always denied any wrongdoing in the spill). Its chairman, William Stavropoulos, made over $11M last year and holds over $20M in options.
Do something:
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