They were nothing more than proof of the impact of this phenomenon induced by human activity and of the urgency to act before it is too late, experts and various United Nations agencies linked to the environment and development point out.
2nd of December, annually observed as National Pollution Control Day, to remember the nightmare that was the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. It has been 38 years since the suffering only began.
At the plant of the North American company Union Carbide, a toxic gas leak caused a lethal cloud that in a few hours killed thousands of people who lived in the surroundings.