South Lanarkshire remembers Bhopal disaster

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, South Lanarkshire Branch laid a wreath at their Workers’ Memorial Plaque in Hamilton.

Thousands of people died in Bhopal in India after gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on 3 December, 1984. Estimates of the immediate death toll from the Bhopal accident range from 3,787 to 10,000, with long-term estimates as high as 25,000 people.

Union Carbide was later acquired by Dow Chemicals, which recently also acquired the Rohm & Haas plant in Grangemouth.

Protesters gathered at the Grangemouth site to mark the tragedy and protest at the company’s arrival in the town.

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