Hacker News with Generative AI: Chemical Industry

Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed after 40 years (bbc.com)
Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago.

Environmental Issues, India, Accidents, History, Chemical Industry

9 points by sohkamyung 16 days ago | 0 comments

Basf.com: Forced Labor at the Factory in Auschwitz (basf.com)
In 1941, the decision concerning the location of the fourth Buna plant and more plants of I.G. Farben falls on Monowitz, a village near Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland.

History, Germany, Chemical Industry, Forced Labor

19 points by popcalc 26 days ago | 7 comments