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A noticia abaixo fala sobre a persistencia de solo contaminado com cancerígenos em Bhopal e sobre a falta da adoção de medidas de prevençao conra desastres parecidos na Índia 30 anos depois. Podemos no perguntar: só lá? O texto também comenta a inexistência de punições contra responsáveis e oferece links para mais informaçoes sobre o tema.
No Brasil, também temos desastres que continuam sendo empurrados com a barriga. Vide Santa Maria, para citar apenas um dos mais recentes
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India: Bhopal after 30 years
This December will mark 30 years since the Bhopal gas tragedy occurred. The leakage of the deadly methyl isocyanate gas from the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) factory in Bhopal was one of the worst industrial disasters in the world – killing 3,000 people then and tens of thousands since. But after all these years, has anything changed in India with regard to adoption of environmental safeguards before promoting industries and related projects? And what is the fate of the victims of polluting industries?
According to a January 2013 report by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, the soil and groundwater within 3.5 kilometres from the UCC factory site is still contaminated with cancer- and birth defect-causing chemicals. "The contamination of soil and groundwater actually predates the disaster," says activist Satinath Sarangi, who has fought for the cause of gas leak survivors. "From 1969 to 1977, Union Carbide used to dump its toxic wastes at 21 spots, most of them unlined pits, inside the 68-acre factory premises. Despite 17 agencies, including government and non-governmental organisations, carrying out studies over the past two decades, a comprehensive plan for remediation of the soil and groundwater has not been prepared," he says.
When Bhopal survivors learnt of the peaceful death on September 29, of Warren Anderson, they gathered to spit on a photograph of the former UCC CEO, the first accused in the case and a fugitive from justice. Organizations working for welfare of survivors say he died unpunished due to protection by the US government and deliberate negligence of Indian government in bringing him to justice.
Read more: 30 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy Hindu, India Warren Anderson died unpunished, survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy say India Times
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