workingclasshistory:

On this day, 2 December 1984, the world’s worst industrial disaster took place in Bhopal, India, when the Union Carbide chemical plant leaked poisonous gases to 5 million people, killing, blinding and disabling tens of thousands. The crumbling plant had no health and safety measures. The chief executive responsible, Warren Anderson, went unpunished, and of the $470 million compensation paid to the Indian government, only a small fraction made its way to the victims and their families: an average of $500 each. Those exposed continue to die prematurely today, and children continue to be born with disproportionately high incidences of birth defects, cancers and chronic illnesses. This is a short account of what happened and its aftermath: https://ift.tt/2jgaWs2
Pictured: just some of the victims https://ift.tt/2RsUo0V