"Until three or even three and a half kilometers from the factory there are chemicals that cause all these problems"
30 years later, the devastating and deadly effects of the industrial accident are still present. Children are born with birth defects, disabilities, survivors are sick. Many say that the dead had more chances than them, at least they no longer suffer. "I feel heavy, I like cobwebs in the eye, said an old woman, I do not feel light in my eyes, and I have trouble walking."
Soil pollution is one of the reasons for this tragedy without end. The people are afraid to drink the water, but have no other choice.
"The government and NGOs have shown that up to three or even three and a half kilometers of the plant and to a depth greater than 20 meters, said the activist, Satinath Sarangi, there are chemicals that cause all these problems, cause cancer, birth defects ... and still nothing has been done. "
On the night of 2 to 3 December 1984 in Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh in central India, pesticide plant of Union Carbide experiencing massive gas leak. It killed 3,500 people in a few days and some 25,000 in the long term.
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