Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has published this book chapter in the Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences, edited by Duane A. Gill , Liesel A. Ritchie & Nnenia M. Campbell.
Abstract: A noxious white cloud from a Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, floated over nearby shanty towns on the night of December 3, 1984. The explosion released around 45 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas transforming the city into a virtual gas chamber and instantly killing at least 8,000 and injuring more than 600,000. This entry on the Bhopal disaster is an overview of the proximate and political economic causes of the disaster, the disaster’s evolving aftermath, and how the affected populations have been challenging the top-down narrative for decades.
The book chapter can be read here: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882201.ch08
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