Ten years since Union Carbide disaster

Title

Ten years since Union Carbide disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:00:31

Description

Ten thousand protesters today converge on the former Union Carbide chemical plant in the Indian city of Bhopal to commemorate the 6500 people killed during a leak ten years ago. David Bergman, an international campaigner for industrial safety, says Union Carbide has spent the last ten years trying to shirk responsibility for the disaster. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

David Bergman

Keywords

India; Industrial accidents; Occupational health and safety; Industrial plants; Anniversaries; Manmade disasters; Chemical industry; Union Carbide; Bhopal; Chemical pollution

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