anderson go to hell union carbide go to hell. for so many years who's been drinking poisonous water not one even to see the water still poisonous and all of our children are sick. of them and the entire community split up with a problem that is why we will keep fighting until your agreement to our demands to find to continue. inoculated for a gas leak from a union carbide corporation factory in bhopal killed up to twenty five thousand people it was one of the world's worst industrial accidents more than thirty thousand people are believed to have died from the effects of toxic chemicals released into the air from this factory the union carbide plant in the central indian city a book. on up on the contaminated water is making our lives how they're going to get even that . all these of tons of stuff that we just live betty that is three forty six tons of waste in that warehouse and then i wasn't supposed to wait on the surface of the back to provide. the. it was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industria

and together with the central government they are trying to get the site cleaned up union carbide is now a wholly owned subsidiary of dow chemical. in two thousand and one third the boards of carbide approve the burger agreement create the world's second largest chemical company. does complicate things and doesn't because the. nation is very good in india and in the us and. the polluter pays principle is the idea under international law that the liability for pollution should always be traced back to the polluter the polluter should not be able to externalize the costs of pollution onto society at large or a third party it shouldn't be the government's responsibility to clean up at public expense after private polluters. so no no no no that is one of the lot of. people. drinking contaminated water you see. in the neighborhood and then he got this bomb test every founded highly contaminated they do not have any other choice and they are drinking this water. it was like sometime two thousand and four it was sometime in the evening. when i have eased back to my home there was a letter wr

the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy at a union carbide india ltd facility in bhopal and even today continues to evoke strong emotions globally and rightfully so we're saddened however that despite all that has been written about the tragedy in the past twenty five years so many misconceptions still exist about union carbide and it's wrong the government of india is the appropriate entity to address any i'm going to express by the people of bhopal. we are saddened by the fact that the site remains on really adding to the tragedy that has occurred the site today is in the hands of the state government of madhya pradesh the state government. and together with the central government they are trying to get the site cleaned up but union carbide is now a wholly owned subsidiary. two thousand and one third the boards of carbide approve the burger agreement create the world's second largest chemical. does complicate things and does it because the law on contamination is very clear in india and in the us and which is the principal polluter pays principle is the idea under international

this could make it's like to know i was hired to do emerge an acquisition for union carbide to bring all of the computer applications on the same traumas dowd's i saw how a corporation works because they are more concerned about bottom line profit than anything i just decided that i was making a profit for just the wrong people and chemicals made the decision to purchase union carbide knowing that these liabilities were outstanding so when you purchase the assets of a company purchased those liabilities. we are just asking for our right to clean water union carbide has fully exploited the sort of international dimension of this problem it informs the american courts that new york law can't apply because these events took place in india but the same time the same indian law doesn't apply so in effect they're arguing that they're above the law so there are international rules. for. of course international law has no enforcement laws are forced by somebody. if the united states doesn't force a. lot of oh but they should take responsibility for. where dime from the water i mean no one is