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The author summarizes the events of the Bhopal disaster as they are currently known, and draws a number of very important conclusions regarding safety procedures. These have implications for all developing countries.
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Dr. B. Bowonder is Chairman of the Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology at the Staff College and, as a regular contributor to this journal, he was invited to analyze the Bhopal incident.
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Bowonder, B. The bhopal incident: Implications for developing countries. Environmentalist 5, 89–103 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02235978
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