Tag: medical
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Bhopal gas victims still gasping for breath
TIMES OF INDIA [MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 02:35:53 AM] NEW DELHI: On a cold wintry night of December 2-3, 15,000 people were killed in Bhopal when 41 tonnes of Methyl Isocyanate, a poisonous gas leaked from one of the tanks of Union Carbide Corporation’s plant. An initial survey on the after-effects of the gas leak…
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News Clippings – 1997-2004: The Medical Crisis Continues
News Clippings – 1997-2004: The Medical Crisis Continues 1997 BHOPAL STILL BREATHES UNEASY from National Mail 2/2/97. Researchers report that the people are still suffering from the aftermath of the gas disaster a decade later. Respiratory problems and lung function is reduced among people who were exposed to the gas. The team said their findings…
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Don’t dump your wastes in our lungs
Survivors join Global Action against Waste Incineration, tell Dow, “get your poisonous waste out of Bhopal” Bhopal-based members of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal today joined more than 100 groups around the world participating in a Global Day of Action against the disposal of wastes by burning. The Bhopal ICJB members called on…
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List of Medical Headlines 1984-2004
1984 6/12/84 More deaths likely in Bhopal: US Experts Times of India 6/12/84 Massive relief work on Free Press 7/12/84 No risk of total blindness: Prof Madan Madhya Pradesh Chronicle 7/12/84 Medicines worth Rs 7 lakh used Free Press 9/12/84 People exposed to MIC may suffer neurological disorders Patriot 10/12/84 Protest rally against leakage tragedy Free Press 10/12/84 Widespread scare about…
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Study proves second generational effects of Carbide’s gases
The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association last month published a ground breaking study carried out by the Sambhavna Trust Clinic which conclusively proves that the poison gases released by Union Carbide’s factory in Bhopal on December 3rd 1984 have had a severe medical impact on a generation unborn at the time of the…
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New Clippings – 1991-1996: The Medical Crisis Continues
New Clippings – 1991-1996: The Medical Crisis Continues 1991 EXPOSURE TO MIC CAN CAUSE CANCER: DR PATEL from National Mail 18/3/91. Dr. Patel reveals that the exposure to MIC gas is a potential danger that could lead to cancer. He said that cancer takes at least 15 to 20 years to take root. In Bhopal…
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“Bhopal Lives” – Personal Accounts of the Disaster and its Aftermath
Next Tuesday, December 3, the International Medical Commission-Bhopal (IMCB) will release its final report on the current medical, social, and economic status of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster, a leak of toxic gas that claimed around 10,000 lives in Bhopal, India, 12 years ago. The report, the culmination of a three-year study by…
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News Clippings – 1984-1990: The Unfolding Medical Disaster
News Clippings – 1984-1990: The Unfolding Medical Disaster 1984 MORE DEATHS LIKELY IN BHOPAL: US EXPERTS from the Times of India 6/12/84. American toxicology experts believe that many more people in Bhopal may die of the secondary effects of the poisonous gas MIC. These experts say that the people who have survived so far could…