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The Bhopal disaster was the wordls most industratial accdient and it occured in Bhopal, India.
More than 3;000 people died in the Bhopal disaster and 200,000 others were badly injured reported the Indian govornment.
Its illegal to sell a wide range of pesticeides, pharmacutical and other related products every year but many companies like Upjohns sell products to thrid-world countires.
Many chemical companies cause deaths in developing countries because they sell safea nad unapproved substances for their profit in the countires.
Infant formulas have been a big death factor for infants in third world countries in places like Africa and Adia because the formula has to be mixed with water and without clean water the infant is exposed to water-bourne diseasees.
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Why didnt The company take more safety measures when they were dealing with a toxic chemical (MIC) and they were near a big population of people?
Why does the US allow sales of products that are banned in the US to be sold in thrid world countries?
Why are companies making factories in other countires when they could be building factories in the U.S and helping get jobs for the American people?
Why doesnt the U.N. do anything about the explotaiton of thrid world countries wehn they know its happening and hurting those countires?
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pesticides (pg 17): a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
stringent(pg 22): rigorously binding or exacting; strict
moonshiner (pg 39): a person who distills or sells liquor, esp. corn liquor, illegally.
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"In the shantey town of Bhapol..." (pg 1) Foreshadows that something bad is going to happen.
"the mushrooming use of pesticeds in the Third World countries is a daily threat..." (pg 17) This is a conflict betwwen multimillion companies and their factories in the third world countries.
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This section talks about the explotation of land in the third world countires and the illegal production and trade of liquor.
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