Bhopal

Bhopal remains the biggest and most vicious single case of corporate killing in the world. On 3 December 1984, the gas Methyl Isocyanate leaked at high pressure from a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. Around 3,000 people died than night, and some 20,000 have died since of the injuries they received that night.
Hundreds of thousands have their health affected, including children born since, to gas affected women.

We in the Scottish Hazards Campaign have been privileged to have a direct contact with campaigners in Bhopal through Eurig Scandrett, a long time member of Scottish Hazards  who does research in Bhopal and is an active supporter of Bhopal campaigns for justice.  For background see:  Corporate Killing:  The Abiding Legacy.  Also see:  The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal  and the Bhopal Medical Appeal

On  December 3, 2009 people around the world marked the 25th anniversay of the Bhopal disaster. The Scottish Hazards Campaign was privileged to be addressed by Darmesh Shaw from the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal and the Bhopal Survivors Movement Study.  To see his presentation, click here. That same year a call for solidarity was issued in Scotland.