The industrial revolution has raised the level of human productivity at an unprecedented level. However, with the continuous development of industrialization, some man-made accidents often bring greater harm. The worst industrial chemical accident in human history even killed nearly 600,000 people, and the number of disabled people caused by this skeleton reached 200,000. After the accident, the local hospital had no way to treat patients, and the defendant's enterprise was not severely punished by law, just losing money.

This out-and-out man-made disaster is the Bhopal incident. 1984 12 a shocking explosion occurred in Bhopal, pesticide plant, central India. A huge mushroom cloud spread a lot of toxic gases and swept the whole city. After investigation, it was found that methyl isocyanate, a raw material, is a liquid with a very low boiling point, which easily volatilizes into the air, and the reserves of this liquid owned by this chemical plant have reached as much as 45 tons.

As it happened in the early hours of the morning, countless people suffocated after coughing violently in their sleep. Realizing the danger, people chose to flee the city. However, the spread of unknown gases has left them with nowhere to hide, and the local media and government have done nothing. No one told them how to escape from this terrible disaster.

As a result, more than 20,000 people died on the spot and people and animals within 25 square kilometers of Fiona Fang were wiped out. By the end of 1984, there were 550,000 indirect deaths and 200,000 permanent disabled people.

The accident was a man-made disaster from beginning to end! The chemical plant is pesticide plant, an Indian company of United Carbide Company of the United States. In order to save costs, this enterprise adopts low-cost, low-safety technology and low-level environmental protection methods to produce a large number of pesticides and fertilizers. This was even encouraged by the famine-stricken Indian government at that time.

However, the raw material of this pesticide plant is the poisonous gas originally used to poison the Jews in the concentration camp. Although high-quality pesticides can be produced, the security risks are too great! Two years ago, the local safety inspection team reported to Union Carbide that the factory was in danger of 6 1, and it might even break out at any time, but it was ignored by the United States.

However, it is precisely because of all kinds of connivance and negligence that such large-scale casualties have been caused. Because of factory workers' maintenance mistakes, water flowed into the gas storage tank, which caused a chemical reaction and led to an explosion. Doctors know little about the cause of the accident and the gas content, but American companies actually regard it as a trade secret, which leads to the inability of local doctors to treat it, and countless people die during the escape. The stench of the corpse and the poisonous gas choking the nose are mixed together, creating an atmosphere of despair in the last days.

However, the punishment of this safety accident is even more chilling. Seven local senior officials in India were only sentenced to two years in prison, which is no different from robbery. Anderson, the owner of United Carbide Company, who was mainly responsible for the accident, did not even appear in court. Up to now, many Indians have asked for his extradition to India, but there is no following.

In the end, Union Carbide Company of the United States compensated 470 million dollars. This makes all Indians feel chilling. If you want to calculate the per capita compensation (775,000 dead and disabled people), it may only be $606! Since then, the Bhopal incident has been recognized as? Top Ten Man-made Environmental Disasters? first