Alex Masi – Bhopal Second Disaster

On the night of 2/3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India  Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, a systemic  maintenance negligence and violation of security standards led to a  massive leak of methyl isocyanate into the atmosphere. Almost four  thousand people were killed instantly by the gas exposure. Another eight  thousand died within following two weeks. Overall, it is estimated that  half a million people have been affected by the leak and the  plant-caused pollution of the soil and water. What was referred as the  world’s worst industrial disaster still remains largely unfixed, in  health, environmental and social justice terms. Photographer Alex Masi  has spent several years documenting the long aftermath of the Bhopal  disaster and raising awareness of the problem.

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