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The Bayer plant in Institute is the only remaining U.S. facility that still uses and stores bulk quantities of MIC, the same gas that eventually killed 20,000 people at Union Carbide's Bhopal plant in India.
Elizabeth Hitchcock: In The Public Interest : How Many Reminders Do We Need Before We Act To Reduce Chemical Accident Risk? Elizabeth Hitchcock 2010
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There was a gas leak from Union Carbide's plant in Bhopal which killed 3000 odd people instantly.
India and the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The Bayer plant in Institute is the only remaining U.S. facility that still uses and stores bulk quantities of MIC, the same gas that eventually killed 20,000 people at Union Carbide's Bhopal plant in India.
Elizabeth Hitchcock: In The Public Interest : How Many Reminders Do We Need Before We Act to Reduce Chemical Accident Risk? Elizabeth Hitchcock 2010
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The book also includes the beautiful one-page advertising strips from Flash's tenure as Union Carbide's "Plastics Representative to the Outer Worlds" in the early 70s.
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In December 1984, an explosion at Union Carbide's pesticide plant caused an estimated 40 tons of lethal methyl isocyanate gas to escape into the city of Bhopal exposing some 500,000 people and causing an estimated 15,000 deaths.
Sunil Chacko: United States - India Business Council Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary 2010
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"Union Carbide's responsibility along with the rest of the chemical industry is to work hard every day to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again," the company said in a statement after the verdict.
Court Convicts Seven in Bhopal Gas Leak Tripti Lahiri 2010
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A few years before, Union Carbide's negligence had caused the worst industrial accident in history, in Bhopal, India.
Kozol on America's Segregated Schools Jim Horn 2009
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Dow bought Union Carbide in 2001 and denies responsibility for Carbide's Bhopal liabilities.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012
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He is the son of Mochamad Teddy Thohir, now 76, who was the highest-ranking Indonesian in Union Carbide's country office before becoming one of the founders of Astra International, which grew into the nation's largest car dealer now part of Hong Kong's Jardine group.
Forbes.com: News Justin Doebele 2011
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Union Carbide's Bhopal plant is blamed for the deadly gas leak that killed an estimated 15,000 people and injured half a million.
SI.com 2012
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