We watched this video on the gas leak in Bhopal India during class.
It was such a huge tragedy that should never have happened. When you deal with chemicals that are as deadly as that you should never take chances that can risk a leak. What was more shocking to me is that people actually lived right next to the chemical plant! Even though it was in India, they shouldn't of been allowed to build a chemical plant in such a close proximity to a residential area. But I think that this tragedy was an eye opener for India and other countries about what to allow to happen in your city and what ethical issues does it contain. It also showed the world why companies chose developing nations, because of low wages and a certain degree of low responsibility especially compared if it was in a nation like the United States. Since this happened a lot of other companies have been accused of taking advantage of developing nations and their residents, like Nike, and this hurts some of their sales because people don't want to buy their products. Plus it makes you think about the quality of their products if they are being made by someone who's wage is about 10% the cost of the product.
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