Shyan Babu, 9, (centre) a child born with severe mental and physical disabilities is discussing with some local children in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination. The chemical waste of UC (now owned by Dow Chemical, an important and powerful US corporation) has been left unattended for 25 years and has poisoned much of Bhopal's...
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Shyan Babu, 9, (centre) a child born with severe mental and physical disabilities is discussing with some local children in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination. The chemical waste of UC (now owned by Dow Chemical, an important and powerful US corporation) has been left unattended for 25 years and has poisoned much of Bhopal's underground water reservoirs giving way to a new generation of children born with serious neurological and physical disabilities. Many of the families living near the former UC site are poor urban slum dwellers who, due to extreme poverty, are forced to drink the affected water lying underneath. Not even a small compensation was ever offered for the second-generation victims of this ongoing tragedy.
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