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There are an estimated 120,000- 150,000 chronically ill survivors of the disaster, and thousands more affected by living in the contaminated neighborhoods around the factory. Each year, on the anniversary of the explosion, survivors and activists gathe
Leela, 50, marches every year on the anniversary of the tragedy. One daughter has swellings over her body, one son, a growing disorder.
Om Prakesh, 57, was a policeman near the railway station on the night of the explosion and has now been detailed to guard the Union Carbide factory 24-hours-a-day. “The government says it's safe, why should I worry?”
In a 2009 report from the Centre for Science and Environment in Delhi, it states that there is chronic toxicity in the soil and water up to 3km around the factory, from pesticides and heavy metals such as mercury.
Radha's son has cerebral palsy and spends most of his time lying on the roof watching the world, while her husband Hemant, who has kidney failure, lies on his bed in the house. All day long she moves between the two, cooking, cleaning and feeding the fami
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A Legacy of Suffering- Bhopal, India

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"We have no choice but to use the groundwater," says Famidia as she gives her 13-year-old son a bath, "we didn't know when we moved that it was contaminated."