Geography 2152F/G Lecture Notes - Dow Chemical Company, Civil Society, Chemical Industry
11 Apr 2014
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Bhopal gas disaster: bhopal-the capital of the central indian state of madhya pradesh, approx. 15,000 died over a period of time in the disaster. No precise figures: hundreds of thousands affected by the gas leak, union carbide (now dow chemicals) owned the plant which was used to manufacture fertilizer, warren anderson was the ceo of union carbide when the disaster occurred. Absconding : plant was set up during the late 1960s to help india"s green revolution, produced pesticides for agriculture, disaster unprecedented in terms of scope, no exposure to chemical gases since world war 1, bhopal - first mass exposure. What did we learn from the documentary: structural issues highlighted: issues of power and political economy. The sheer political and economic power of a major us corporation. The failure of the indian state to provide adequate rehabilitation and relief to the victims.
