Lawsuit in US shows fresh evidence to nail Union Carbide role in Bhopal gas disaster
Previous lawsuit by gas disaster survivors was dismissed by US court for lack of sufficient evidence to show company was liable for environmental …
Court postpones hearing against Dow Chemical for the 37th time
Court yet to initiate criminal liability case against the multinational company in the Bhopal gas leak case; charge-sheet was filed in 1987
Dangers of artificial ripening of fruits and vegetables
Chemicals used to ripen fruits artificially are toxic and can also affect people's neurological system
India’s flip-flop on London Olympics
Sports ministry yet to take a decision on boycott after Bhopal tragedy victims’ outcry
Healing festering wounds
An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented
Government closer to signing deal to dispose of Bhopal waste
Most differences over clauses in the contract with GIZ to airlift waste to Germany for incineration resolved at GoM meeting
Bhopal gas leak: curative petition downplays number of deaths
Victims threaten rail roko agitation if government fails to correct death and injury figures in a month
30 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: a continuing disaster
An appraisal by Sunita Narain and Chandra Bhushan, exclusively extracted from the recently released book, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, After 30 Years
Guilty, but bailed
Seven Union Carbide officials get two-year jail term for Bhopal gas leak that has killed 20,000
Polluter doesnt pay
Dow owns Union Carbide assets, but refuses liability
Missing evidence
Questions are being raised about the authenticity of forensic samples of Bhopal gas victims, crucial for establishing the cause of deaths. Have …
Ground reality
Official report confirms presence of toxins in groundwater near Bhopal’s Union Carbide
US court frees Union Carbide of liability in Bhopal gas disaster case
Company need not pay for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims, says district judge
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Birth defects remain high in Bhopal gas survivors 35 years after disaster
An unpublished ICMR report found 9 per cent newborns of gas victims had birth defects as against 1.3 per cent newborns of non-victims
Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study
It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer
Poison, unlimited: India's chemicals industry remains dangerously
India has failed to come up with effective legislations for its chemical industry even 35 years after the Bhopal tragedy
Bhopal protesters knock on Dow Chemical's door in Mumbai
Demand clean up of toxins in soil and water around Union Carbide plant, production of absconding corporation officials before Indian court
No trial incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste in Nagpur
Madhya Pradesh High Court takes cognisance of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Boards objection
No one is cleaning up
25 years on, thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is scattered around the Union Carbide factory
Gujarat pollution board washes hands of creating buffer zones around waste treatment facilities
Central Pollution Control Board guidelines, however, state that no construction activity can take place within 500 metre of treatment, storage …
Centre to identify a laboratory to analyse toxic waste from Union Carbide factory
Order follows Maharashtra Pollution Control Board statement that it cannot predict the impact of burning the toxic waste
Groundwater contamination around Union Carbide factory is now officially confirmed
Indian Institute of Toxicology Research says the contaminant levels are not a public health concern because drinking water is supplied by …
Subterranean Leak
25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal. CSE tests reveal the water and soil in and around the Union Carbide factory …
Bhopal gas tragedy: SC dismisses Centre’s plea for additional compensation from Union Carbide
Government should use the Rs 50 crore lying with the Reserve Bank of India to settle further claims, SC ordered