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Seconds from Disaster: Lynas plant is sitting duck to a massive <b>...</b> Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:49 AM PDT Jayabalan said he had documented at least 11 deaths due to blood poisoning, brain tumours and leukaemia.TOXIC LEGACY IN RARE EARTH VILLAGE HAUNTS LYNAS.
The Bhopal gas tragedy that had caused 3,000 deaths instantly and nearly 25,000 deaths over the next couple years apart from incurable diseases, physical and mental disorders to over half-a-million people, is nearly a forgotten affair today. It's India's shame not just because the main culprit, Warren Anderson, could never be arrested or extradited. It's also our shame because the ministers and bureaucracy has done its best to absolve the culprits and suppress the voice of the victims. After a quarter century, none of the accused could be sentenced or jailed as cases drag on. The apathy on part of Congress and BJP governments towards the fate of the survivors and whose children also suffer from disorders, is shocking. The pain and suffering is such that one might get insane just by a visit to any of these areas, and it's nearly impossible to write about it in a few pages. But I must recount the events on the dark night of December 2 and 3, 1984: Nearly 40 tonnes of lethal Methyl Isocyanate had escaped from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. The pesticide plant was shifted from America because it was 'too risky' for Americans. In third world country, it was 'welcome'. Nearly a 100 safety standards were cut down in Bhopal plant as per directives of the company from its US-based head office. It was a strange night, which none of the citizens can forget. People woke up at night–coughing, vomiting and running–until they fell and died on the streets. Panic struck the entire city. The railway station was nearby and hundreds lay dead on the platforms as the killer gas spread across the capital cityreadmore.http://themalay-chronicle.blogspot.com/2012/06/seconds-from-disaster-lynas-plant-is.html |
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