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Union Carbide and Bhopal, India "That night my little daughter was vomiting all over the place and soiling her clothes over and over. She was coughing and gasping for breath and crying that her eyes were on fire…” (Raisa). This is chilling testimony from one of the survivors of what is being called the worst industrial accident ever to happen, the accident at Union Carbide’s chemical facility in Bhopal, India. In the following text I will dissect the incident, its apparent causes, the effects, and the social ramifications that followed. The central questions that need to be answered obviously are “how could such a tragedy occur”, “what social problems came about as a result” and “what can be done to prevent another accident of this proportion”. In answering these questions I have drawn upon many resources including eyewitness accounts, official reports, multiple news articles, and books. This particular incident is extremely important to examine in terms of a sociological standpoint due to the class of people that were affected, the lack of accountability on the company, and the lack of proper compensation from the guilty party. The “accident” at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal happened around midnight