Marie Michael Library
Title
Bhopal: The Search for Justice
Length
52 min.
File No
640
Format
DVD; NFB.
Description
On December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, leadked poisonous methyl isocyanate gas, killing at least 15,000 people and permanently injuring hundreds of thousands more. Twenty years later, amid charges of corruption, graft and suppression of research results, the victims are still not adequately compensated and cared for. Journalist Raajkumar Keswani, who foresaw the disaster, documents the legacy and introduces us to leading scientists, doctors and activists in his search for justice.