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Scientific American

June 1, 1995

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Persistently Toxic

The Union Carbide accident in Bhopal continues to harm

By Madhusree Mukerjee

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Madhusree Mukerjee is a senior editor at Scientific American, where she covers psychology, anthropology, and diverse other topics. She has authored two nonfiction books: Churchill's Secret War (Basic Books, 2010) and The Land of Naked People (Houghton-Mifflin, 2003). She has a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago and received a Guggenheim fellowship to complete her first book. She has written numerous articles on Indigenous issues, development and colonialism and is working on a third book.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 272 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Persistently Toxic” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 272 No. 6 (), p. 16
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0695-16
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