yahoonewsphotos:Bhopal - 30 years later On the night of December 2, 1984, the factory owned by the
yahoonewsphotos: Bhopal - 30 years later On the night of December 2, 1984, the factory owned by the U.S. multinational Union Carbide Corp accidentally leaked cyanide gas into the air, killing thousands of largely poor Indians in the central city of Bhopal. Thirty years later, the toxic legacy of this factory lives on, say human rights groups, as thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste remains buried underground, slowly poisoning the drinking water of more than 50,000 people and affecting their health. (Reuters)Photography by Danish Siddiqui -- source link