In short, the highly toxic chemicals leaked from the United carbide India plant of the United States are mainly methyl isocyanate. When it is controlled in place and made into pesticides, it is naturally a good thing, but when it gets out of control, it is a fierce beast that eats people. It was taken by * * * to do evil during the Second World War.
Because the proportion of methyl isocyanate gas is about twice that of air, it tends to sink after spreading in an open environment, resulting in a high concentration of toxic gas inhaled by short people like children.
The tragedy is no longer described, so as not to violate the rule of heaven and be caught by the patrolling yellow scarf Hercules and locked up in a small black house. As long as you understand the severity of the disaster caused by the industrial accident and the causal relationship between the United carbide company of the United States and the major events.
Legal accountability and claims after the accident are indispensable. A Sanzheng government is naturally the legal representative of many victims in the country.
In fact, after Warren Anderson, the chief executive of the United carbide company of the United States, was under house arrest in assan, the assan government urged him to leave the country within 24 hours. After comparison, the Assad authorities accused Warren Anderson of manslaughter. Gulab Sharma, the chief judge of Bhopal, announced Warren Anderson as a fugitive and submitted a formal extradition request to MIDI, But when rejected, such operations are a little coquettish.
The legal proceedings began in the U.S. federal court system, which made a proposal that, based on the minimum, the U.S. United carbide company provide $5 million to $10 million to distribute to the wounded through the International Red Cross.
In fact, this proposal does not mean that the United carbide company of the United States admitted that it was responsible for the accident, and the money can be recorded in the future settlement or judgment. Therefore, the United carbide company of the United States was very happy and transferred $5 million in cash to the International Red Cross two days later.
As the legal representative, ah Sanzheng's house certainly disagreed. The reason is obvious. The people who died on the spot, the people who survived can leave the disabled, and the environmental damage in the area where the accident factory was located, including animals, plants, air and water... The losses were extremely heavy. After rough calculation, it would have to claim at least $3.3 billion, and the adjustment set by this proposal is wrong!
It can be seen from this that in the initial period after the accident, the legal pressure faced by the United carbide company of the United States and the looming pressure of governance are what kind of situation.
The pressure of public opinion is not a breeze. Ah San had a heavyweight photographer who photographed the funeral of a girl among the victims of the accident. He was rated as the annual photo of the world news in 1984, which has become a symbol of the pain of the victims of the disaster.
In terms of the weight of attention, it is estimated that Wall Street, which can really determine the life and death of the United carbide company of the United States, should rank first, and the capital is really eager to know how big the uncontrollable risks are.
In the past two years, the total assets of the United carbide company of the United States have exceeded US $10 billion, the annual sales are more than US $9 billion, and the net profit is more than US $300 million. If we really compensate us $3.3 billion according to a San's lawsuit, it is difficult to say the future of the company.
The report of paramount United television network has well met the demand for capital. After the disaster, Wall Street knows it well by turning over the "old accounts".
You know, raikumar keswani got all the manuals and confidential reports of the United carbide India factory of the United States, and "cultivated" into a chemical expert among journalists. How his reports were despised at the beginning, how enlightening they are now. Seeing raikumar keswani's "Jianghu status", he got up.
These most authentic front-line reports have helped investors clear their minds. At present, the United carbide company of the United States is trying to claim that the disaster is caused by accidental technical accidents, which is too far fetched to help it escape safely, so it is better to stay away from it.
It is only a prelude to such a loss of confidence and the sharp decline in the share price of United carbide. United carbide is becoming the target of one after another hostile takeover.
You know, since American President Reagan took office, he has put into practice the set of ideas of neoliberalism. The specific manifestation in the capital market is that malicious acquisitions are further popular.
At this time, this wave rushed to the United carbide company of the United States, which is too common, and there is no resistance on Wall Street. The reason is self-evident. If the United carbide company of the United States is "broken into parts" first according to the rules of the game of capital, it can share more assets and pay less to ah San.
Naturally, the United carbide company of the United States is not willing to sit and wait and try its best to save itself. For example, the financial statement data in 1984 "exceeded expectations", and the net profit was US $79.2 million. Although it plummeted compared with the net profit of nearly US $310 million in 1983, it is not yet negative. This is hope.
Gao Xian, who went on business in the United States, asserted that the United carbide company of the United States had basically declared a social death because its goodwill had been damaged too seriously when he communicated privately with William Miller, CEO of the United States, and Ronald Zegler, CEO of the Gulf western company.
It is necessary to point out that in the western capitalist world during this period, the voice of environmental protection has been very high. Non official environmental protection organizations such as Greenpeace are very active. Moreover, people instinctively fear that disasters such as the Bhopal incident will fall on themselves.
William Miller mentioned that the United carbide company of the United States has a strong desire to survive, and its means of self-help are becoming more and more sophisticated. From the current signs, it has at least two goals secretly.
The first goal is that a San Zhengfu has hired a local lawyer in the United States to make a claim through the federal court system of the United States. The United carbide company of the United States wants to kick this lawsuit to a San. You can judge it as you want. As for the specific implementation, everyone knows.
The second goal is that the United carbide company of the United States will cut with the United carbide India Company of the United States. We are not a family. Ah San also has the shares of this company. It belongs to an independent entity. Ah San wants to claim. No problem, just recognize it.
At the same time, corresponding to the $3.3 billion claimed by a San, the United carbide company of the United States has put forward a figure of reconciliation between the two sides, and has offered $350 million to operate a fund of $500 million to $600 million for the victims of the Bhopal incident in the next 20 years.
Gao Xian shook his head. No matter whether the settlement figure of US $350 million proposed by the United carbide company of America on the surface or the two goals that the United carbide company of America wants to achieve secretly, it is not enough to restore capital's confidence in the future of the United carbide company of America.
"How's the progress of acquiring the battery business of United carbide?" Gao Xian asked Ronald Zegler.
"There are a lot of people staring at United carbide," replied Ronald Zegler. "In the battery business, there have been competitors."