Water Contamination: A Legacy of the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal, India
Water Contamination: A Legacy of the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal, India
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水污染：印度博帕尔联合碳化物公司灾难的遗产
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10.1179/107735201800339696
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2001
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J. Chander
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水龙头上的一个标志说：“这水不适合饮用。“你不能读它，因为你不能读。在你家附近的步行距离内没有饮用水。这对本文的大多数读者来说是不可想象的。然而，1984年联合碳化物公司天然气灾难的数千名幸存者可能正在饮用被多种有毒化学物质和重金属污染的水。这些化学品的存在是由于博帕尔老城现已停止运营的西维因制造厂对该地区的污染。绿色和平组织在1999年12月发布了一份报告，记录了博帕尔的水和土壤受到已知对人类有毒的化学物质的污染。1999年5月，绿色和平组织收集了前工厂内部和周围的固体废物、土壤和地下水样本。这些样品在英国埃克塞特大学的绿色和平研究实验室进行了重金属和有机污染物的测试和分析。请记住，前工厂周围是许多联合碳化物公司天然气灾难幸存者的住宅。调查结果表明，现场和周围环境受到工厂运营时使用的化学品的污染，以及倾倒或储存在现场的化学品的持续释放。一些网站是值得注意的严重
A sign above your water tap states, "This water is unfit for drinking." You can't read it, because you can't read. There is no drinkable water within walking distance of your house. This is an unthinkable situation for most of the readers of this essay. Yet there are several thousand survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984 who may be drinking water that is contaminated with several toxic chemicals and heavy metals. These chemicals are present due to contamination of the area by the now non-operational carbaryl manufacturing plant in the old city of Bhopal. Greenpeace released a report in December 1999 documenting water and soil contamination in Bhopal with chemicals known to be toxic to humans. In May 1999 Greenpeace collected samples of solid wastes, soils, and groundwater within and surrounding the site of the former factory. These samples were tested and analyzed for heavy metars and organic contaminants at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories based at the University of Exeter, U.K. Keep' in mind the former factory is surrounded by the residential dwellings of many Union Carbide gas disaster survivors. The results of this survey indicate the site and surroundings are contaminated with chemicals used when the factory was operational, and bythe ongoing release of chemicals dumped or stored on site. Some sites are notable for severe