Union Carbide Brought to Justice at Last!

"New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A court in central India ruled Monday that seven top executives and the company they worked for are guilty for their role in the 1984 industrial disaster that killed thousands in Bhopal, India.

The leaking of poisonous gas from Union Carbide India Limited -- the now-defunct local subsidiary of the American chemical company -- was one of the world's worst industrial disasters. Plaintiffs had waited more than two decades for the verdict.

The convicted former employees have been sentenced to the maximum punishment allowed in the case. The judge imposed a two year prison term and a fine of about $2000 each after convicting the men of negligence causing death, endangering public life and causing hurt."

I always remember about this, because one of my favorite bands The Revolting Cocks wrote a song about it called "38"
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