Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Bhopal-Disaster-Anniversary-and-Documentation-27MZIFD6R0O.htmlConceptually similarBhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationGP0G9ICompleted★★★★Bhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationGP069WCompleted★★★★Bhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationGP01BGKCompleted★★★★Bhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationGP0SOVCompleted★★★★Bhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationGP07W5Completed★★★★Rally against Dow Chemicals in BhopalGP0F9QCompleted★★★★Rally against Dow Chemicals in BhopalGP0OR3Completed★★★★Rally against Dow Chemicals in BhopalGP0BNLCompleted★★★★Rally against Dow Chemicals in BhopalGP0Y4WCompleted★★★★View AllGP0XNQBhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationBhopal survivors commemorate the 18th anniversary of the gas disaster by burning effigies of the Chief Minister of Madyha Pradesh (Digvijay Singh), Indian's Prime Minister (Vajpayee Bihari) and former CEO of Union Carbide (Warren Anderson) close by the gates of the former Union Carbide factory in Bhopal where 100's of tonnes of toxic waste are still abandoned. Survivors are still seeking justice from Dow Chemicals, the new owner of Union Carbide. 20,000 people to date have died as a result of the 1984 tragedy.Locations:Asia-Bhopal-IndiaDate:3 Dec, 2002Credit:© Greenpeace / Kadir Van LohuizenMaximum size:8032px X 5616pxKeywords:Activists-Burning-Chief executive officers (CEO)-Day-Demonstrations-Disasters-Dow Chemicals-Effigies-Human likeness-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Pollution-Props-Small group of people-Smoke-Toxics (campaign title)-Union CarbideShoot:Bhopal Disaster Anniversary and DocumentationBhopal, India, is the site of the world's worst industrial disaster, where a Union Carbide chemical plant released 40 tonnes of highly toxic methyl isocyanate on the night of 3rd December 1984. The disaster killed thousands and the polluted site of the abandoned factory still leaks poisons into the groundwater of local residents.
