25 years after Bhopal, U.S. plant still using same toxic chemical

By M.B. Pell and Jim Morris

Earlier this week, seven former executives of Union Carbide India Ltd. were convicted of “death by negligence” and sentenced to two-year jai

Excerpts from this story referencing "Rhone-Poulenc":

"… as had a series of owners and a variety of other accidents over the years. Rhone-Poulenc, the French company that owned the plant before Bayer CropScience, agreed …"

"… ion with an August 1994 explosion that killed one worker. Two years later, Rhone-Poulenc paid $450,000 in fines following a chemical release.In August 1985, only e …"