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Decades-Old Toxic Gas Threat Lifts From West Virginia Town
Posted on 19 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

INSTITUTE, W.Va. - (AP) For the first time in 26 years, Barbara Oden can let go of the image that has haunted her poisonous gas leaking from a Union Carbide tank and killing thousands of people in Bhopal, India, in the world's deadliest industrial... Read More

Tags: Institute , toxic gas , poisonous gas , West Virginia , methyl isocyanate , MIC , U.S. Chemical Safety Board , Bayer , Right-to-Know Act , Litigation , lawsuit , Union Carbide , Bhopal

Lobbying Group Weighs In On W.Va. Chemical Lawsuit
Posted on 15 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - (AP) A national lobbying group for the chemical industry wants a federal judge in West Virginia to tread lightly in a lawsuit over a deadly chemical stored at a Bayer CropScience plant, arguing his rulings could have nationwide implications... Read More

Tags: chemical , West Virginia , methyl isocyanate , MIC , Bayer , American Chemistry Council , Litigation , lawsuit , Union Carbide , Bhopal , toxic tort

Judge: Bayer Can't Produce Toxic Chemical In West Virginia
Posted on 14 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - (AP) A federal judge on Thursday temporarily barred Bayer CropScience from using a West Virginia plant to produce the same toxic chemical that killed thousands in India in 1984. U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin issued the temporary... Read More

Tags: Institute , West Virginia , Department of Environmental Protection permit , methyl isocyanate , MIC , India , Bayer , Litigation , pesticide , lawsuit , Union Carbide , toxic chemical , Bhopal , Bayer CropScience