No, it's American
http://www.ray-vin.com/cat/smoker/carbide.htm
http://www.unioncarbide.com/history/

Now it's owned by Dow Chemical.


John Lee wrote:

>I believe Union Carbide's roots are in Germany, are they not?
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>John Lee
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>At 03:11 PM 12/3/04 -0500, Michael Baier wrote:
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>>Union Carbide's management still hasn't been brought to trial, because the
>>United States turned down extradition attempts.
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>>American WMD?
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>>Bhopal marks chemical tragedy
>>20 years since gas leak killed thousands in Indian city
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>>Bhopal gas leak victims protest against Union Carbide 20 years on.
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>>BHOPAL, India (CNN) -- People in the Indian city of Bhopal are mourning the
>>victims of a deadly chemical leak in 1984 that killed tens of thousands.
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>>More than 3,500 died soon after the U.S.-owned Union Carbide plant spewed
>>tons of highly toxic methyl isocyanate into the heart of Bhopal on December
>>3.
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>>Authorities say at least 15,000 people have died in what has been described
>>as the world's worst industrial accident, although activists put the number
>>at some 33,000.
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>>Thousands more have suffered illnesses from the fumes that escaped from the
>>fertilizer plant, now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co.
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>>Many of the survivors struggle with ailments ranging from breathlessness,
>>cancer, near blindness and fatigue to heart problems and tuberculosis.
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>>Activists say victims have not been adequately compensated, and that the
>>plant site has not been made safe, with environmental groups estimating it
>>will cost $30 million to do so.
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>>Tons of poisonous chemicals are still exposed to the environment and soil
>>samples show other toxic materials have leached underground, contaminating
>>the water supply.
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>>The government now trucks in fresh water every day.
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>>The survivors -- mostly poor working class people -- are still crying for
>>justice. They say they've only received about 100,000 rupees ($2,223) so
>>far for the dead and even less for survivors.
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>>But Union Carbide says it has no liability to clean up after it paid
>>victims a $470 million out-of-court settlement in 1989.
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>>The company also says what happened here was no accident, but a deliberate
>>act of sabotage.
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>>"A disgruntled employee who introduced an unusually large amount of water
>>into a tank of methylisocynate was responsible for causing the runaway
>>reaction," says Tom Sprick, director of Union Carbide.
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>>But the Indian government has said this claim is irrelevant.
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>>The local government now says it will remove all hazardous waste within a
>>year, but environmentalists complain it's already too late.
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>>"The fact that something that poisoned and killed so many people continues
>>to poison lives and nobody seems to care is the biggest tragedy," says
>>Binita Gopal from Greenpeace.
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>>Union Carbide's management still hasn't been brought to trial, because the
>>United States turned down extradition attempts.
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