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Site of the Bhopal Gas Disaster

April 23, 2012

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The industrial disaster of Bhopal occurred in 1984, when a toxic compound, methyl isocyanate (MIC), was released from a leaking storage tank of a badly maintained and neglected Chemical plant. MIC, which has properties of a Chemical weapon1, killed thousands of citizens of Bhopal and cattle within hours of the nightly disaster. The plant, which […]

Train Cemetery, Uyuni, Bolivia

July 30, 2007

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This cemetery of old trains on the dusty Andean high plateau (~ 4000 m) is a dream for industrialists with an appreciation for Mad Max and other “Last Days” romanticism. One train carries a formula developed by Einstein.

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