09. The Leak (Bhopal Gas Disaster)
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The Unreliable Safety Systems at Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant
Union Carbide installed obsolete and unreliable safety systems at its plant in Bhopal. In 1981, a plant operator named Muhammad Ashraf Khan was killed after being exposed to leaking fast gene. Less than a year later, another fast gene leak hospitalized 16 workers for several days. Union Carbide's own safety team warned that leaks were imminent at the Bhopal plant due to equipment failure or operation problems.
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