Mark Dummett

Dec 5, 2024 | internazionale.it | Mark Dummett

Poco prima della mezzanotte del 2 dicembre 1984, una nube composta da tonnellate del micidiale gas isocianato di metile, insieme ad altre sostanze chimiche, cominciò a fuoriuscire dal serbatoio di stoccaggio dell’impianto di pesticidi della multinazionale statunitense Union carbide corporation (Ucc), alla periferia di Bhopal, nell’India centrale. Le conseguenze immediate dell’avvelenamento di massa furono catastrofiche. Si stima che nei tre giorni successivi morirono diecimila persone.

Dec 2, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Miho Soon |Adam Hanieh |Mark Dummett

The market, as a social and economic institution, is fundamentally a process designed to facilitate human life by bringing consumers and producers together. It ensures economic activities serve the social purpose of satisfying the diverse needs of human beings. This relationship was not merely based on exchange relationships but also built on trust—trust in the product, the price, and the producer.

Dec 2, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Mark Dummett |Amit Sengupta |Sandeep Banerjee |Amir Nour

We should never forget that Dow Chemical was behind the infamous 1984 chemical leak in India. Neither should we forget the courage of those who have never stopped fighting for justice on behalf of the victims.

Dec 2, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Mark Dummett

Shortly before midnight on December 2, 1984, a terrible cloud, consisting of tons of the deadly gas methyl isocyanate (MIC), along with other chemicals, began to leak into the atmosphere from the storage tank of the U.S. multinational corporation Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)’s pesticide plant on the outskirts of Bhopal in central India. The immediate consequences of the mass poisoning were catastrophic. As many as 10,000 people are believed to have died within three days of the leak.

Dec 2, 2024 | commondreams.org | Mark Dummett

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