International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Case Study Series Bhopal Plant Disaster Appendix A: Chronology by MJ Peterson Revised February 26‚ 2009 Appendix Contents: 1.) Bhopal Chronology 2.) Ensuing Litigation Chronology References used in this section: Paul Srivastava‚ Bhopal: Anatomy of a Crisis (Cambridge‚ MA: Ballinger‚ 1987). Sanjoy Hazarika‚ Bhopal: The Lessons of a Tragedy (New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd‚ 1987) This case was created by the International
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The Union Carbide plant was established in Bhopal in 1969 and it began to produce the insecticide Carbaryl. methyl isocanyte is an ingredient of carbaryl‚ and on the morning of December 3‚ 1984‚ a holding tank containing 43 tons of methyl isocyanate overheated and released the toxic gas. Because methyl isocyanate is heavier than air‚ it traveled over the ground through the Bhopal city center. The transportation system collapsed‚ and many people were trampled to death in a mad rush to flee the visible
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The night of December 2‚ 1984 could have been like any other night in Bhopal‚ but around 11:00 PM‚ one of the world’s largest industrial tragedies in history decimated the city and scarred its inhabitants for life. Imagine the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night‚ unable to breathe‚ eyes burning‚ and chaos erupting in streets. Death and disarray in every place you look and life as you know it ending in agonizing flooding of your lungs as they collapse in upon themselves. This terrible
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No plan existed for coping with a disaster of this magnitude . Lifeless bodies lay in the streets‚ beds remain occupied with people who will never breathe again‚ hospitals begin to overflow to people experiencing blinding‚ vomiting‚ and dysesthesia of the lungs . From the streets you could hear the screams of pain in the crisp‚ melancholy‚ toxic air . When day breaks there will be silence . What is done is done . On the fateful night of December 2‚ MIC gas began escaping from Tank 610 around 10:30
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Bhopal Union Carbide Ethical Dilemma Many ethical issues are raised by the situation that occurred in 1984 at the Union Carbide Corporation plant in Bhopal‚ India. The most important is the moral and ethical duty to preserve and protect human life. Union Carbide’s management‚ both in the United States and India failed to sufficiently protect its employees‚ the surrounding communities and environment from harm while operating its plant. It appears that the safety procedures at the plant were
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Bhopal Disaster: Causes and Effects By Daniel Olufemi December 2-3‚ 1984‚ the world witnessed an industrial catastrophe that claimed hundreds of thousand of lives‚ also living a huge army of victims with assortment of permanent disabilities. Newsmagazines‚ newspapers and newswires across the globe literally competed among themselves with screaming headlines to depict the disaster. The Time Magazine described it as The Night of death. The site of the incident was the pesticide plant of
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On December 3rd‚ 1984‚ the world’s worst chemical disaster took place in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India—and the harsh truth is that it could all have been preventable. Union Carbide‚ an American company located in Bhopal‚ was known to produce to produce a pesticide called Sevin‚ and among the chemicals used to produce it was methyl isocyanate (C2H3NO; short form: MIC). Chemical properties of MIC include: highly reactive—with water for example—and flammable‚ a sharp‚ pungent odour‚ and etc. Some physical
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INTRODUCTION: The word ‘disaster’ is synonymous with ‘emergency’. A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic
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Love‚ 1989) In 1969‚ Union Carbide India‚ Ltd. (UCIL) and Union Carbide Corporation agreed with the govern- ment of India to build a pesticide manufacturing plant in Bhopal.6 Originally‚ this plant was designed to combine and package intermediate chemicals thereby producing the end pesticide‚ Sevin‚v The constituents of the mildly toxic pesticide Sevin‚ alpha-naphthol and methyl isocyanate (MIC) were to be combined‚ diluted with non-toxic powder‚ and packaged at the Bhopal plant.8 In India‚ where
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The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Introduction In the early morning hours of December 3‚ 1984‚ a poisonous grey cloud (forty tons of toxic gases) from Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL’s)1 pesticide plant at Bhopal spread throughout the city. Water carrying catalytic material had entered Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) storage tank No. 610. What followed was a nightmare. The killer gas spread through the city‚ sending residents scurrying through the dark streets. No alarm ever sounded a warning and no evacuation
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