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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8852

21 December 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/india/environment
European Parliament demands independent inquiry into the situation in Bhopal on 20th anniversary of "worst industrial disaster of all time" (which encourages support for Commission's initiatives on chemical products)

Strasbourg, 20/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - During its emergency debates on Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the 20th anniversary of the "tragedy of Bhopal, the worst industrial disaster of all time", recalling that, on the night of 2 December 1984, more than 35 tonnes of toxic gas escaped from a pesticide factory owned by the Indian company Union Carbide India Limited (a subsidiary of the American multinational Union Carbide Corporation), which led to the death of more...

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