Question

Choose ONE of the following well known environmental disasters and
provide a summary of what occurred, what was the harm, and what the
consequences were for the company involved:
1) Exxon Valdez
2) BP OIL - Gulf of Mexico
3) Bhopal – Union Carbide
4) Tianjin Chemical Explosion
5) Lac Megantic Rail Disaster

Answer 1

Answer
Topic- Bhopal union carbide.
The Bhopal disaster which is also known as the Bhopal Gas tragedy took place in the year 1984 on the night of 2nd December at the union carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India. It is known as among the world's worst industrial disaster because over 5 lakh people were exposed to methyl isocyanide which is a highly toxic substance which made its way into the small towns located near the plant. The official death count by the government of India was 3700. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has paid and compensation to the family of around 3700 victims killed in the gas release and approximately 6 lakh injured victims.
The owner of the factory UCIL was majority owned by the Indian government control bank and the Indian public holding which had 49.1 share in it.
The consequence of this incidence was that soon after the accident, representatives from different activist group arrived and it worked on organizing the gas victim which led to violent repression from the police and the government. Several actions have been performed in form of demonstration, mergers combined with templates, an article. Often these include versus around the old Bhopal ending with the burning and effigy of Warren Anderson who was held responsible for this incidence. In the year 1989 UCC(union carbide Corporation) paid an amount equivalent to 845 million dollars in 2018 to settle the legislation stemming from the disaster.

Please up vote this answer.