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Meanwhile, preliminary investigations by several committees, including one of Indian chemists and other experts, indicated that there had been a number of accidents at the Bhopal plant since it first went into operation in 1977. According to Chief Minister Singh, the Union Carbide facility had endured six accidents in six years before the recent tragedy. In all, he said, one worker had been killed, 47 injured and $620,000 worth of property destroyed...
...permitted to hold a majority interest, in this case 50.9%. Union Carbide has long enjoyed the favor of an Indian government eager to encourage sophisticated industry and develop the "Green Revolution" in agriculture, of which pesticides are an important ingredient. When the company built a small pesticide plant outside Bhopal in 1969, the project was approved by local authorities with the blessing of the national government. The firm was even exempted from a number of local taxes and provided with water and electricity at concessional prices...
...arose in the Madhya Pradesh state assembly in December 1982, then Labor Minister Tarasingh Viyogi took pains to remind his listeners that the plant had cost $25 million to build. "The factory is not a small stone that can be shifted elsewhere," he argued. "There is no danger to Bhopal, nor will there...
...Bhopal and elsewhere, medical authorities last week began to grow concerned about the long-term effects of exposure to methyl isocyanate. While there is no evidence that the chemical causes cancer, doctors in Bhopal believe that many survivors of the accident may suffer from emphysema, asthma or bronchitis. In addition, some medical experts suspect that the poisoning could result in damage to the liver and the kidneys, and could have other even more harrowing effects. "The gas affects the central nervous system," said Dr. Sanjay Mittal, a doctor at Hamidia Hospital. "In my opinion, this increases the chances of permanent...
...Carnegie-Mellon University. Both respiratory ailments and blindness in people exposed to low levels of the gas will, said Brown, "go away. A chemical reaction is taking place in which the molecules of isocyanate will be turned over and excreted by the system." Even Brown, however, conceded that Bhopal residents who received higher dosages would not be so fortunate. Those who endured total whitening of the eyes would, he admitted, never recover their sight, and those whose lungs were totally coated with gas would probably die of respiratory failure...