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A case was filed against the company which consisted of multiple players and negotiations. The Indian government also filed a lawsuit right after the parentis-partial act passed. This act gave the victims of this tragedy representation. This led the mobilization of various victims which started the
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development of different activist organizations. Bhopal registered a claim of $ 10 billion, based on United States injustice claim standards. The Indian government claim of $ 3.3 billion was settled for $ 470 million. In 1994, UCC sold its entire stake in UCIL to
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at the UCIL plant in Bhopal, killing thousands of people, and harming victims by causing chronic illness. At the time of the disaster, UCIL was ranked twenty-first in size among companies operating in India. It had revenues of
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directed UCC and UCIL to pay $ 470 million to settle all claims arising from the tragedy. The government, UCC and UCIL agreed with the ruling, and the two companies paid the settlement on 24 February.
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A gas leak happened between the nights of December 2 and 3, 1984 in Bhopal. This gas leak killed thousands of people. Some survivors developed cancer and other health related impairments.
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90 million) were placed in a trust to fund a hospital in Bhopal to care for victims of the tragedy.
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S. Tamer Cavusgil; Gary Knight; John R. Riesenberger; Hussain G. Rammal; Elizabeth L. Rose (2014).
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was responsible for manufacturing various chemical products this primarily included
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International Campaign For Justice For The Victims Of The Bhopal Disaster
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founded in 1934. UCIL employed 9,000 people. UCIL was 50.9% owned by
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which is used as a base chemical in order to react with
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Index

Eveready Industries India
India
chemical company
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Government of India
batteries
plastics
pesticides
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
pesticides
a gas leak occurred

US$
herbicides
carbaryl
methyl isocyanate
alpha naphthol
Bhopal disaster

Mcleod Russel
Calcutta
Eveready Industries India
US$
Supreme Court of India
"History of UCIL"
"Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster, 30 Years Later"
The Atlantic
International Business
ISBN

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