{"id":88099,"date":"2025-06-22T07:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=88099"},"modified":"2025-06-21T09:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:10:04","slug":"bhopal-disaster-continues-to-kill-people-even-today-leading-activists-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/bhopal-disaster-continues-to-kill-people-even-today-leading-activists-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhopal disaster &#8216;continues to kill people even today&#8217;, leading activists warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k1ym0ODgiahQvxDhdIE\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bhopal gas tragedy, which happened over 40 years ago, continues to kill people even today. That&#8217;s the message brought to France this week by two leading activists who continue to push for justice. The initial leak, which is still considered the world&#8217;s worst industrial accident, killed over 3,500 people within days in the central Indian city of Bhopal in December 1984, after they breathed in poisonous gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide factory. According to government estimates, more than 15,000 people have died in the years since, although activists say the figures are in reality far higher. 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