It happened in Bhopal - 27 Aug 07 - Part 1

[aseticelite]

interesting this video and this story is never spoken of...

[chutilerki]

Disgruntled employee? What company would not take precautions to ensure 1 person can't have so much power? Answer- one that has Indian politicians in their back pockets. PS please 'report as spam' all hateful comments here- this is a place for all who love India Hindu Muslim Sikh and all. From a muslimah- BHARAT ZINDABAD!

[mynameissooriginal2]

Bhopal; capitalism happened.

[aman2651992]

Great Video must say

that put tears in my eyes

[odsall]

People go on about Chenoybl, yet this has caused far more deaths. Dreadful that nobody has been taken into account for this, union carbide have a lot too answer for as does that murderer Anderson!!

[NastyKittie]

@odsall you cannot compare Chernobyl to Bhopal!These are two different type of disasters. You say it has caused more deaths while you do not state numbers.Chernobyl death troll still rises, its estimated to be up to 985,000 people due to cancers while Bhopal its 20 000+.Another side of the Chernobyl disaster is that it spread across countries causing more deaths/cancers in Europe and the nearby countries. People still live in Bhopal, while people dont live in Pripyat. Both should be remembered.

[Scitech101]

I am an American, and I want Anderson to be sent to the land of his crime!

[meronmotors]

This was an accident, there was nothing they could do to stop it. However what they did afterwards was a crime. They did have control over what happend next. They didnt do there part. Terribly sad

[lisabinsa]

MIC Legal Fund!!

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[Elemarth]

"The plant had been making pesticides for years without problem"?!! Do some research here! They had tons of problems! They probably weren't concerned with the gas leak at first because they were so used to that happening.

[PecolaCatfishHunters]

WOW this is new news to me, iam American with strong goals and beliefs and this really makes me feel bad, why didn't i learn of this in school

[GassItUp]

Gass it up!!!

[atomicnortherner]

IT WAS NOT A FAULTY VALVE the valves had to be closed manualy and they couldnt be botherd as there was many it would have took hours. Then a presure relise valve on the tank that was venting couldnt cope with the MIC and water reaction and burst. if the cleaning pipe valves had have been shut this would have not happend, if the cooling system was turned on this wouldnt have happend if the scrubber (to neutralise the gas) had not been turned off... union carbide was a hard wired kettle that night

[Ericthesaxon]

You have to forgive the American public. Most of them are decent people, but they are kept totally in the dark about what goes on outside of America. Most of them genuinely don't know why the world hates them. Their so-called news is very inward looking and insular and there's a very good political reason for their rulers to keep it that way. Bhopal proves this point perfectly; if Americans knew as much about Bhopal as they do BP then Dow, an American company, would be forced to do something.

[mowingthefrontlawn]

@Ericthesaxon As an American, I can confirm that everything you said is correct. Growing up, and even today, I was and am frustrated by the lack of news from outside the U.S. Americans who want to know what's going on in the world often turn to the BBC.

[Clubninja1986]

This is awful Im ashamed to say im am 29 years old and just now learned of this horrible event.I hear a lot of people bad mouthing the usa and yes they are at fault but but please understand not all people from the USA are like this.I care what happens to people of all countries.I do not care what color or religion a person is all men women are created equal.

[bubby963]

Does anyone else find it amazing how the americans are complaining about BP but they haven't done a thing to help this accident despite it being their fault? How hypocrticial.

[robo1936]

The more I look into this disaster the more I become absolutely y disgusted with the attitude of the Americans. Perhaps they still blieve whqt one of their president believes that "the only good Indian is a dead one". I found it unbelieveable that the compensation offered to a bhopal victim was $580 for the death of one whereas an American shrimper was ofered $5000 for loss of earnings. All people are equal say americans I say pull the other 1 its got bells on it.

[jungcitybandit]

These types of crimes are typical of the global corporate empire the the U.S. is running. of course the slums were neglected in treatment because they are not contributing to the wealth of this company. they are dispensable. these corporations are accountable to no one.

[MrIndoCanadian]

@shaziakhan1986 Exactly in the same year Rajiv gandhi was responsible for killing Sikhs.

[MrChuddi]

@MrIndoCanadian i think you mean Indira Ghandi you dumb FUCK.

What is a sikh.....?.....Oh yes ....its a CUNT in a BANDAGE. i shat on your golden temple. And it stank

[MrIndoCanadian]

@MrChuddi Fuck off fucking Muslim I am a Hindu Nationalist. We will kill all fucking Muslims remember Gujarat.

[ToonandBBfan]

All the Americans who are screaming for BP's heads on a plate very conveniently forget this horrific event.

[poysian67]

@ToonandBBfan you are absolutely right. please remind people whenever you can. i do and yet americans get all quiet and don't respond to any of my points. they never did have a sense of irony did they? difference is, bp will pay 20 billion in damages and dow chem never paid anything. no wonder america is hated.

[sunilyadav954]

salo ko phansi de do kamino ko jinhone ye kam kia bideshiyon ko kyon bhaga diya kaminon india se

[bodtorent]

Union Carbide responsible was arrested for only a few hours. No victim has seen a dollar up to now. No one was judged as guilty. And it was not a disaster but the biggest negligency ever caused by a serie of facts taken to save money in the production. A total shame.

[s14ng]

What happened to the 420 million (rupees I believe - not sure) that was paid in a settlement? Was it even paid in full? Does anyone know?

Either way, this is bullshit. It heart-wrenching to see what these people went through and still are suffering.

What has the world come to!

[n70arunn]

"EXTRADITE ANDERSON" dont protect him! theres hell to pay!!

[markwessex]

BP will be held responsible by US government for current oil spill in mexican gulf. This is international law. What about law, justice and fairness when it comes to Bhopal and Union carbide? Why don't same rules apply? Where is the FKN UN, US/Indian Govts? Lying hypocritical SHITS, hang the bastards.

[Aerien]

@markwessex Because it is India we are talking about. Of course BP is penalized for besmudging the US coastline. Who gives a damn about the dying Indian people who were living in the ghetto. Sounds cynical, doesn't it? I am sure that is exactly what those f***s in charge were/are thinking and why the issue is not being forced. Those responsible have no morals. They have to pay for what they have done! They need to take responsibility for what they did.

Never forget Bhopal! Never again!

[seka1986]

Why won't Obama give them money?

[TheAmazingTroglodyte]

@seka1986

Because they are untermenschen according to U.S. law.

[GABBERSING]

why dont USA company pay them compansasion. i know money dont replace lives but it does help a bit. May Allah help these people Ameen

[lisabinsa]

If you can't imagine this happening in the US think again, it almost did. A fatal explosion occurred on Aug. 28, 2008 in Institute, WV. at the Bayer CropScience Chemical plant. This deadly explosion could have easily eclipsed Bhopal India. Bayer CropScience is the only chemical plant in the World that makes and stores enough MIC daily that can cause this kind of mass holocaust.

[jimw281972]

I live 8 miles from that plant.. It's only a matter of time. Corner cutting, poor maintenance, name it. The worst part is that there is no real over site there, they get to police themselves.

[seka1986]

@lisabinsa Well thank god it didn't happen.

[danielkoshy7]

Kill warren anderson

[NorwegianDad]

25 years today. RIP

[kolcoglow]

And why there is no info about this in US liberal TV? Because it's f$%^&^%& not liberal. it's full of lies and sh^&*&

They say that AlJazeera is showing only terroristic stuff. They say that to stop people from watching it, because it's one of the last sources of true informations

[DrBPhD]

The images of this catastrophe are worse than those of the scariest horror movies even 25 years later. It's outrageous how corporate organisations refuse to take their responsibilities. The disaster itself was due to greed related neglegance and even after 25 years the abandoned plant has not been cleaned up and its premises have not been decontaminated. There are still dangerous chemicals present at the site which leak into the environment at an ever increasing rate. DOW, clean it up!

[vdbniels]

The indian government was 41.1% shareholder by the time.

[vdbniels]

49.1

[DrBPhD]

Explain please

[DrBPhD]

Shareholder percentage?

[vdbniels]

Yes, shareholder percentage. A lot of people point to Dow Chemicals, an american company that owned the remaining 50.9%, only however. All these companies have standards and procedures. Plantoperators should always use their checklists and managers should never overrule technicians.

[DrBPhD]

Correct, but that doesn't mean DOW has no responsibility for what happened and for cleaning up the place in the aftermath. If there are standards and procedures they must be maintained and corrective measures taken when necessary. This was, as far as I know, not the case here: the installations themselves were in a bad shape. Of course the indian state shares part of the responsibilty, they should have inspected the factory and taken action but DOW simply runs away from its responsibilities.

[conyo985]

@DrBPhD

The facts are really disheartening. Why aren't the ones responsible, be responsible? The person behind this is free and enjoying an almost carefree life.

[thelonelydandelion]

Horrible! Carbide's ignoring of vital local publics resulted in wide-spread anti-Carbide sentiments in India and beyond. Its single major failure was in communications and public relations at the local level. With no spokesperson at the scene, and with the Indian subsidiary UCIL completely muzzled. Think about it.

[uuspot]

When are we going to stand up and stop the madness. If we don't things will only get worse! All life is equal and one. This is our DESTENI. There is no free choice when it effects another life.

DOW has still not cleaned up, DOW has still not properly paid the victims. Our National news does not report on this story because they are controlled by the Corporates. Shut offl your TV.

Power to the Yesmen for bringing this story to some light.

[uuspot]

This film is great at showing how the madness of Corporate Greed destroys life in such terrible ways. The murdered and no one went to jail.

Unfortunately this film does not state the gross negligence and safety violations that actually led up to this tragedy that Union Carbide Now owned by DOW is responsible for. This film makes it sound like an accident. It was no accident, it was just waiting to happen due to lack of care for life, all for money.

[slimjimzquinn27]

my heart goes out to all those affected by the bhopal tragedy. There has to be accountability. Just because Union Carbide is a corporation and not a person doesn't make it exempt from punishment

[9999pharlap]

As long as US corporations will continue to look at how much money they can give away to shareholders these sort of things will continue to happen.

[laylafrackiewicz]

such a tragedy...

[Estragon17]

Lets call this what it was... not an accident... a crime.

[iamthestig1]

i agree. its just a simple case of something going tits up in a factory.

[turdonhutton]

lazy answer , simpleton

[geofree1984]

Big companies are the ones destroying this world; they just pay off the government and then they make the citizens think we are the ones poisoning the planet. So blind the world is..

[fuckthejanitor]

the thing that disgusts me the most about this tragedy is that like 10,000 peopkle died and most americans dont give a fuck theyr too busy crying theyr eyes out about 911, when only 3000 people died that day 3000! thats probably about how many people die in africa every day from starvation, diarrhea and other preventable diseases

[italyhawk]

Difference is the Bhopal incident happened 25 years ago. At the time is was all over the news and many Americans were upset. Remember that many Indians were dancing in the street cheering for support to the 9/11 incident.

[alltheblacks]

It's not uncommon or abnormal for people to be concerned with things that happen closer to them. I doubt many people in India were effected by 9/11, does that make them bad people? Hardly.

[adamcunningham81]

every muslim every where in the world was affected by 9/11 even though muslims didnt commet those horrible acts

[RhiannaJ]

Most of reports on the Bhopal disaster say that just over 3000 died.

[HYPERZEPHARIAN]

From 9/11, every American was emotional for two or three weeks... The Bhopal incident caused all of the survivors to protest for rights for fucking 25 years! Chill, and let your stupid ass think before you comment...

[ProjectRetro]

every american wasnt emotional for only 2 or 3 weeks dude..... thers people that till are emotionall till this day... and thers people that live with post dramatic stress... exspecially survivors

[OhHen]

the band "D.o.a." has a song about this called "Death To The Multinationals"

[transdrole]

What's this about Islam, mime? You disrespect the dead. Islam has nothing to do with this tragedy.

[bibbyandal]

also a dickhead

[karun25u]

I feel really proud.I belongs to Bhopal.Union Carbide is responsible for this tragedy.My city is very Beautiful very Lovely.I love my Bhopal.Now I am living in United State.If in Future i will see that fucking ANDORSON I will ask him about this fault.He is a fugitive.

I love you Bhopal.

[PUOj]

You're true. My heart is with you.

[bibbyandal]

dickhead

[rajeev0]

Thanks for this Video. What happend afterwards was a Crime by Union Carbide (and later by DOW), and not a Disaster.

[geofree1984]

Hell yes!

[gunanitin]

its a tragedy on the face of whole world. Its only indians who accepted this and still tolerating.. shame on Union Carbide

[grandblan]

If you want to say shit, mover there first!