We all know what the world's worst industrial disaster was: the gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in central India.

众所周知，发生在印度中部城市博帕尔市的天然气泄漏事件，当属世界上最严重的工业惨案。造成此案的是联合碳化物公司于当地所开办的工厂。

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In 1984, then-CEO of Union Carbide Warren Anderson immediately hopped on a plane to India after a poison gas leak at one of the company's plants in Bhopal.

1984年，美国联合碳化物公司（Union Carbide）位于印度博帕尔市的工厂发生毒气泄露事件，时任CEO瓦伦•安德森立即跳上飞机赶赴印度。

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People in the Indian city of Bhopal have been marking 25 years since a leak at a gas plant killed thousands and left many more seriously ill.

印度城市博帕尔的居民纪念导致数千人死亡和更多人重伤的毒气泄漏事件。

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Facing a barrage of criticism for failing to get adequate justice for the tens of thousands of victims of the Bhopal gas leak, the government has said it needs to revisit laws pertaining to the kind of industrial disaster witnessed in Bhopal.

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Rachna Dhingra represents the Bhopal Group for Information and Action, which has been working to rehabilitate and get justice for the victims of the gas leak.

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There are concerns in India over the company's links to the firm behind the Bhopal gas leak disaster in 1984.

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Union Carbide, a chemicals firm, has a link to information on the deadly Bhopal gas leak in India on its home page, for example.

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Human rights and environmental pressure groups have campaigned against BP, Dow Chemical - which now owns the firm behind the Bhopal gas leak disaster in 1984 - and Rio Tinto.

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