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Gas Leak In India, Kills 11 Affects Hundreds

Reuters

At least 11 people were killed in India in a gas leak at a South Korean-owned factory making polystyrene products that made hundreds of people sick and led to the evacuation of villagers living nearby, officials said.

The accident occurred some 14 km (9 miles) inland from the east coast city of Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh state, at a plant operated by LG Polymers, a unit of South Korea’s biggest petrochemical maker, LG Chem Ltd.

Srijana Gummalla, commissioner of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, said gas from styrene, a principal raw materials at the plant, leaked during the early hours of the morning, when families in the surrounding villages were asleep. More

6 Comments on Gas Leak In India, Kills 11 Affects Hundreds

  1. Didn’t Union Carbide change it’s name after their industrial accident that killed a shitload of Indians back in the 70’s? And does anyone else remember when Union Carbide was a big sponsor of Walter Cronkite’s CBS documentary program The 20th Century. Union Carbide was parodied in the 70’s satire film as the Uranus Corporation, makers of Brown 25.

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