26 years ago today, the Bhopal tragedy in India...

EVERYONE who has held office that dealt with the world's worst industrial disaster in the city of Bhopal 26 years ago stands guilty. It is a collective culpability. It is a shame that there is no collective punishment.

On that fateful night of Dec 2 and 3, 1984, huge quantities of stored toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a factory belonging to the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), a US multinational, located on the outskirts of Bhopal.

The 3,000-plus immediate deaths and tens of thousands disabled were only the initial part of a heart-rending tragedy that continues to take its toll to this day. Thousands more have died from long- term illnesses. More...

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