Today 3rd Dec in 1984, gas leak happened from a #UnionCarbide Plant in Bhopal, India claiming of 15,000 to 20,000 deaths eventually and leaving some half million survivors with chronic medical ailments • #Thread

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Worst Industrial Accident as it is called was due to substandard operating and safety procedures at the understaffed plant. Despite several other previous leakage cases the plant was operated to produce MIC

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MIC the leaked gas was denser than air, people with small heights and children were most affected

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Union Carbide Corporation 'UCC' had majority stake in the UCIL while Indian Govt held 49% stake in the Company

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In 1989, UCC took the moral responsibility and paid a claim of $470 million in a U.S court as against India's claim of 2+ billion dollar. The responsibility of the accident was put on Indian Govt.

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June 2010, seven Indian nationals who were UCIL employees in 1984, including the former UCIL chairman, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 but CEO Warren Anderson remain unscathed.

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Indian Government had earlier helped escape CEO Warren Anderson.
Anderson started his career as sales representative

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Anderson d!ed as 'absconder' on 29th Sep, 2014 in a private nursing home.

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