Has the world forgotten Bhopal?

Dynamics of occupational morbidity in Ukraine and experience of the Institute for Occupational Health of NAMS of Ukraine

“…Оцінці ризику розвитку професійних захворювань науковцями приділяється значна увага [20][21][22][23][24]. Нами було проведено вивчення виникнення ризиків формування професійних захворювань в окремих галузях виробництва.…”

New Occupational Exposures with Respiratory Effects

“…Despite amendments of various safety measures in the workplaces and workers' compensation policies, occupational exposures are still persistent in the developed countries, while such regulations hardly exist in industrially developing countries. One of the most disheartening examples of unregulated industrial hazards is the Bhopal gas tragedy caused by the leakage of a dangerous industrial chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC), that took the life of more than 16,000 people until now and affected over half a million 3,4 . It also caused epigenetic defects in the survivors and their future generations, leading to haematopoietic disorders, cancer, and lung diseases 5 .…”