Rapport/dokument - 1. december, 2004
We always look forward to each new day. But not just every day, but every week, every year, once in a while we sit back and wish we could wipe that one day off the calendar - it would be so wonderful if that could happen. The memory of the night of 2/3 December 1984 for us, I am sure it is like 9/11 for Americans. For those involved, that was the most horrific day of their lives. Their most horrific day can be compared quite rationally to our most horrific night, though if you really think about it, the impact of our tragedy was far greater.
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Executive summary: Ulykken i Bhopal er den største kemikalieulykke, verden har været vidne til. Dens ofre vil aldrig kunne ydes fuld retfærdighed, og det er dybt beskæmmende, at en multinational kemi-gigant som Dow Chemical systematisk løber fra sit ansvar. Det er ikke udtryk for hævngerrighed når The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal 20 år efter ulykken stadig vil have et ansvar placeret. Det er blot en lille gestus overfor ulykkens mange ofre. Det er nødvendigt at få afdækket, hvordan grådighed førte til en så kynisk nedprioritering af basale sikkerhedsforanstaltninger ved håndteringen af et så dødsensfarligt stof som metylisocyanat.
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