Bhopal Gas Leak: US Firm That Took Over Union Carbide Has Court Date Today
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The Union Carbide Corporation, which owned the controlling stake in the Bhopal plant at the time of the gas leak, was taken over by Dow Chemical in 2001.
Nearly 39 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy that killed thousands and affected many more, a representative of the US-based company that took over Union Carbide in 2001 is set to appear in a Madhya Pradesh court today.
The Union Carbide Corporation, which owned the controlling stake in the Bhopal plant at the time of the gas leak, was taken over by Dow Chemical in 2001.
Dow Chemical has consistently stressed that it "never owned or operated the Bhopal plant". "The plant was owned and operated by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), a Indian company in which Union Carbide (UCC) held just over half the stock. When UCC - itself a separate company from UCIL - became a subsidiary of TDCC in 2001, TDCC did not assume UCC's liabilities," a note on its website says.
