BLIND, LAME, LIMBS TWISTED or missing, deafmute, brain-damaged, with hare-lips, cleft palates, webbed fingers, cerebral palsy, tumours where should be eyes, these are Bhopal’s children. The living children. The still-born often can not be recognised as human. If you want to break your heart, look at their pictures. They were damaged in the womb by chemicals leaking from the same Union Carbide factory that killed thousands in 1984. Carbide left the plant without cleaning it. The "Polluter Pays Principle" applies in India as in the US, but Carbide and its parent Dow Chemical flatly refuse to clean the factory or pay a cent towards a clean-up. More here
A history of the "horrific births" in Bhopal | Amir's story | Adil's story | Raju's story | Please help by contacting your Euro MP
Survivor's Organisations Critique of Indian Government Remediation Proposals
Bhopal's Healing Wounds - By Jack Laurenson
In their own words:
Union Carbide factory causes history's worst industrial disaster.
Learn about the work of the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal.
Traditional Indian ayurveda is very effective for gas victims.
Derelict Carbide factory is now poisoning a whole new generation.
Cares for the hundreds of children born damaged in Bhopal.
Browse through the BMA newsletter archive from 2003 to 2008.
Click here for a series of photos from the report, as well as of the local community and the abandoned Union Carbide site.
Click here to tune into the Bhopal Medical Appeal Youtube Channel