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四十年前,一座印度城市成为世界上最严重的工业灾难之一。
1984年12月2日晚,印度联合碳化物公司位于博帕尔的农药工厂泄漏出有毒气体,使印度中部城市笼罩在致命的雾中,造成数千人死亡,约50万人中毒。
据**估计,大约有3500人在天然气泄漏后的几天内死亡,此后的几年里死亡人数超过1.5万人。但活动人士表示,死亡人数要高得多,受害者继续遭受中毒的副作用。
2010年,一家印度法院判定该工厂的七名前管理人员有罪,判处轻微罚款和短期监禁。但许多受害者和活动人士表示,鉴于这场悲剧的严重性,正义仍然没有得到伸张。
联合碳化物是陶氏化学1999年收购的一家美国公司。
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盖蒂图片社n Carbide factory killed 20000 persons and injured around 300000. The tragedy occurred when a storage tank at a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide exploded and poured cyanide gas into the air, immediately killing more than 3,500 slum dwellers. (Photo by BEDI / AFP FILES / AFP) (Photo by BEDI/AFP FILES/AFP via Getty Images)">
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法新社nstrated outside prime minister house demanding economic and medical rehabilitation, environmental clean-up and provision of clean drinking water. Bhopal Gas leak disaster killed at least 10,000 people and affected some 550,000 others in the central Indian city of Bhopal in December 1984. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)">
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盖蒂图片社n Carbide plant wall put up by gas activists reminding the government about the Bhopal gas disaster in the backdrop of the government"s policy of inviting MNCs to set up production units in India, on the eve of 31st anniversary of Bhopal Gas tragedy on December 2, 2015 in Bhopal, India. Over 3,000 people were believed to have died in the Bhopal gas leak tragedy that took place on the night of December 2-3, 1984. The protesters wanted the government to revise the number of deaths and injuries it is seeking compensation from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) - the US-based owner of Union Carbide India (UCIL) at the time of the accident - and Dow Chemical Company, which acquired UCC in 2001. (Photo by Praveen Bajpai/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)">
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