How can we decide if on balance the economic benefit brought by this plant outweighed the potential safety hazards?
How can we decide if on balance the economic benefit brought by this plant outweighed the potential safety hazards? In late 1984, a pressure-relief valve on a tank used to store methyl isocyanate (MIC) at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, accidentally opened. MIC is a poisonous compound used in the manufacture of pesticides. […]