27 years ago, back in December 3 1984, happened a terrible tragedy. The lethal gas methyl isocyanate (MIC) alongside other noxious fumes had been released to the city of Bhopal and killed thousands of people, which is approximate 25,000 lives. Gross negligence by Union Carbide is widely viewed as the cause of the tragedy.
Figure 1: Overview of events that led to the Bhopal disaster
The Bhopal disaster was the result of a combination of legal, technological, organizational, and human errors. The toxic gases had been escaped from the plant to the surroundings in liquid and vapor form. The early effects were vomiting and burning sensations in the eyes, nose and throat, and most deaths have been attributed to respiratory failure.
The following video by National Geographic has shown the real situation of Bhopal disaster happens in 1984:
I think that the party that need to be responsible is the Union Carbide India limited company (UCIL). This is because UCIL attempts to reduce expenses and thus affected the employee's working condition. UCIL also does not have good equipment tight safety regulations and thus causes this incident to happen. Therefore, UCIL should be fully responsible of this incident as they causes many people in Bhopal died. This can also be a reference for other chemical factory or company so that they must have a safety regulations and always take care of the employees so that the same incident will not repeat again.
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