The in-depth story of the Bhopal Disaster The amount of death and trauma experienced by the residents of Bhopal, India has made their city the home of the world’s worst industrial disaster. On the ...

SHORTLY BEFORE midnight on December 2nd 1984 methyl isocyanate (MIC), a highly poisonous gas, began leaking from a storage tank at a pesticide factory in the Indian city of Bhopal. During the night, ...

As a reporter at C&EN, I’ve covered several communities affected by environmental disasters. Last year, I visited East Palestine, Ohio, where a freight train had derailed and dumped toxic chemicals, ...

M. Sudhir Selvaraj does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...