Bhopal disaster.

• Position: Updates

New evidence contradicts the longstanding claims of Union Carbide Corporation (now part of Dow Chemical) that it was not responsible for the design failures that led to the 1984 Bhopal disaster that killed 20,000 people. Internal company documents released by a New York State court in December 2002 reveal that the U.S. company cut corners in the design of the plant in...