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Article by Ken Patterson AMIChemE and Fiona Macleod CEng FIChemE Last year, IChemE’s President Stephen Richardson took the unusual step of writing to India’s Prime Minister about the aftermath of the accident in Bhopal. Ken Patterson and Fiona Macleod discuss the background to the letter and ask for members’ help in bringing this tragedy to a final end IN 2014, on the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial accident, the Loss Prevention Bulletin ( LPB) published a special edition with all its articles focussed on the Bhopal tragedy. One article was from the New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, the Centre for Science and Environment. It summarised work by state and non-state bodies concerning the soil and water on and around the Bhopal site. The message was distressingly clear: the site was still significantly contaminated; the contamination was leaking into the groundwater; the contamination of the site and groundwater continued to seriously affect the

Madhya pradeshNorth lincolnshireUnited kingdomStephen richardsonKen pattersonNarendra modiFiona macleodCentre for sciencePublic grievances departmentIcheme major hazards committeePresident stephen richardsonPrime ministerLoss prevention bulletinNew delhi basedChemical engineerPrime minister narendra modi