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  • Aadite, 9, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder and malnutrition, is eating a curry of potatoes while sitting on the floor of his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Aadite's father, Raju, a 1984 gas survivor, died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Aadite now lives in a small room with his mother, Lakshmi, 29, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 12, Mahag, 7, and his younger brother Anuj, 5. None of the siblings in this family is attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • Aadite, 10, a boy suffering from spastic microcephaly, cerebral palsy and malnutrition, is laying motionless on a bed inside his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. Aadite's father, Raju, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Because of his mother's need to act as the family's breadwinner, Aadite cannot attend the programs 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal'. He lives his days inside a small room he occupies with his mother, Lakshmi, 30, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 12, Mahag, 7, and his younger brother Anuj, 5. None of his siblings are attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • Aadite, 9, a disabled boy affected by microcephaly, cerebral palsy and malnutrition, is watching cartoons while laying motionless on a bed inside his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India. Aadite's father, Raju, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Because of his mother's need to act as the family's breadwinner, Aadite cannot attend the programs run by 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal'. Lakshmi, 29, works six days a week as a cleaner, and Aadite is looked after by his two sisters Mayuri, 13, Mahag, 8, and his younger brother Anuj, 6. None of the siblings in this family are attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • Aadite, 10, a boy suffering from spastic microcephaly, cerebral palsy and malnutrition, is sitting on a bed inside his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. Aadite's father, Raju, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Because of his mother's need to act as the family's breadwinner, Aadite cannot attend the programs 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal'. He lives his days inside a small room he occupies with his mother, Lakshmi, 30, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 12, Mahag, 7, and his younger brother Anuj, 5. None of his siblings are attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • Aadite, 10, a boy suffering from spastic microcephaly, cerebral palsy and malnutrition, is laying motionless on a bed inside his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. Aadite's father, Raju, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Because of his mother's need to act as the family's breadwinner, Aadite cannot attend the programs 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal'. He lives his days inside a small room he occupies with his mother, Lakshmi, 30, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 12, Mahag, 7, and his younger brother Anuj, 5. None of his siblings are attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • Aadite, 10, a disabled boy affected by microcephaly, cerebral palsy and malnutrition, is being held by his mother, Lakshmi, 30, while inside their home in Kabit Pura, near the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India. Aadite's father, Raju, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in March 2013 at the age of 32 due to lungs failure. Because of his mother's need to act as the family's breadwinner, Aadite cannot attend the programs run by 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal'. Lakshmi, 29, works six days a week as a cleaner, and Aadite is looked after by his two sisters Mayuri, 13, Mahag, 8, and his younger brother Anuj, 6. None of the siblings in this family are attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • A disabled child is receiving speech therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A young girl is drinking contaminated water from a hand-pump near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Apesha, 4, a child presenting a severe physical and mental disability, is participating to a physiotherapy session inside Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Amit, 5, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from gas-affected parents is smiling at his father, Raju, 41, while trying to walk with his help inside their home in the impoverished Blue Moon Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing water contamination.
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  • Meenakshi, 5, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother is portrayed inside her home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
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  • Children's toys are laying inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Sachin, 16, a boy suffering from a severe physical disorder affecting his bone structure and legs, is being helped washing by his grandmother, inside their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Women are lining up to be visited at the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Sambhavna offers free medical services to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Industrial Disaster and has more than 30.000 registered patients.
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  • On a rainy day, a girl is playing with an umbrella along the railway tracks passing through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Rusty metal pipes have been abandoned inside the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • A muslim boy (centre) is going to a Madrassa (Islamic school) near New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • The abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, is laying in full disrepair in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, a tragic event that today continues to consume people's lives.
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  • Cars are passing by a advertisement about mirrors, on the road of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, city of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, a tragic event that today continues to consume people's lives.
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  • Boys are playing cricket by the side of a large evaporation pool once used by Union Carbide for their industrial wastewater, next to Blue Moon, the contaminated colonies next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. In this area, hazardous chemical have also been buried and continue to contaminate the underground aquifers.
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  • Rachi, 7, a disabled girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is laying on the floor of the room where she is relegated to during the day with a cord to her ankle, her mother Jyoti Yadav, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', use to keep her from wandering off on her own, and being at risk of abuse and danger, while inside their home near Saifiya College, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Pupils from a government-run school are walking back home through the impoverished New Arif Nagar colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Vehicles are stuck in traffic because of a heavy rainfall ahead of monsoon season, in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A boy, surrounded by some young friends, is selling corn from his family's cart, parked along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Disabled children are playing on a slide and on a swing during an afternoon at Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. The trust, funded by The Bhopal Medical Appeal, a British-based NGO, offers counselling, education, physiotherapy and love to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or fed highly contaminated water since an early age, when the body is more likely to be affected, and to suffer irreparable damage to health and wellbeing.
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  • On September 29, 2014, the day of former Union Carbide Warren Anderson’s death in Vero Beach, Florida, at the age of 92 and still absconding from India courts wanting him in relation to the ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, angry Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, by spitting on an image of the deceased, reputed the man mostly responsible for the catastrophe that changed Bhopal forever.
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  • On September 29, 2014, the day of former Union Carbide Warren Anderson’s death in Vero Beach, Florida, at the age of 92 and still absconding from India courts wanting him in relation to the ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, Sathyu Sarangi, founder of ‘Sambhavna’ a free clinic for ‘Gas Survivors’, is giving a TV interview in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, next to an image of the deceased, reputed the man mostly responsible for the catastrophe that changed Bhopal forever.
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  • Women gas survivors holding torches are demonstrating near the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the eve of the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is lifting his tiny arm while lying on the floor of his home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Neha, 7, is standing in the entrance of her home in Indira Nagar, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Neha was born blind, suffering from a neurological disorder, and due to the insufficient care she regularly receives, she developed an eyes and skin infection, and severe malnutrition. Neha shares a single room with no windows with three sisters and one younger brother: Bushra, 14, a girl affected by down syndrome, Nisha, 12, Fiza, 17 and Sohel, 9. Their father left their home in September 2013 and never contacted them anymore; their mother died in 2011. In 1984 she survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, two Muslim boys are walking under the rain inside the Taj-ul-Masajid, one of Asia's largest mosques, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Two brothers are standing by the entrance of their home along the railway tracks passing through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Young men are celebrating the festival of Janamashtami, the birthday of Hindu God Krishna, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • An Indian man is smocking a cigarette while waiting for a commercial train to pass through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A girl, followed by younger children, is buying a balloon from a local vendor passing near the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A girl is looking out of the window of a bus travelling in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Among heavy traffic, three boys have climbed onto the back of a bus in order to cross a flooded junction in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Boys are playing around the abandoned evaporation pool that was once used by Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) next to their industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Thousands tons of hazardous chemical waste are still buried in various spots around this area of Bhopal.
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  • An injured dog is sitting on the pavement in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A .Puja. (worship) for good auspices is taking place inside a newly opened tailor shop in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • Children are playing with raindrops during a storm in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • A young boy is defecating on the streets of the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A disabled boy receiving muscular therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A girl is being examined by a member of The Bhopal Medical Appeal during a community meeting near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • In the early morning, while a train is passing by, a boy is being picked up by his mother in front of their home along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Women are collecting water on the streets of Blue Moon, one of the water-contaminated colonies next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Mahfus Ali, 32, (right) a gas survivor, is holding the hands of his disabled son Maheraj, 2 and a half years old, while inside their home in Model Ground, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. A few years ago Mahfus Ali and his wife Riswana, 25, lost a child facing similar health problems to those of Maharaj. The boy survived only a few days and was born with severe birth defects. Salya, 4, a girl, is the parents's only healthy child.
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  • Stray dogs are waiting inside one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Local families are busy collecting supposedly safe drinking water from broken public water pipes around the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Meenakshi, 7, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother, is being washed by Sorom Bai, 35, in their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A young boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder is taking part to a community meeting organised by The Bhopal Medical Appeal near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • A disabled girl is receiving therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • In the early morning, a boy is leaning on his mother's back, while she sets up a small fire by burning pieces of coal and some wood, in front of their home along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Children are playing on a cart, while crossing a small flooded road in Oriya Basti, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, a water-affected colony located near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, a group of boys with a stick are trying to force a stray cat to move away from the rugged metal root of a stall selling bread and sweets in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • By burning a 'corporate man' statue, an effigy of unregulated, dangerous capitalism and exploitation, Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Before being dressed up, Rachi, 7, a disabled girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is being dried with a towel by her mother Jyoti Jadav, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while inside their home near Saifiya College, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • The contorted legs of Faizan, 14, are a clear example of the dangers faced by the children and their families living in Arif Nagar, one of the many impoverished colonies of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located dangerously near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Faizan has recently deceased.
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  • Siddhesh, 12, a boy suffering from severe celebral palsy is sitting on a toilet bowl inside his home in Nariyal Kheda, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Siddhesh's father has abandoned him years ago. His mother is also suffering from mental retardation, and they now live with Siddhesh's maternal grandfather on the meagre pension he has earned after working as a civil servant. In 1984 Siddhesh's mother survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Children suffering from various disorders are exercising with a therapist (right) inside Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, a local NGO caring for disabled children near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Riswana, 25, (left) is offering Indian chai tea to his disabled son Maheraj, 2 and a half years old, while sitting near her husband Mahfus Ali, 32, (left) a gas survivor, inside their home in Model Ground, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. A few years ago Mahfus Ali and his wife Riswana, 25, lost a child facing similar health problems to those of Maharaj. The boy survived only a few days and was born with severe birth defects. Salya, 4, a girl, is the parents's only healthy child.
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  • The tank that once leaked the poisonous gas-cloud that invested the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, in 1984, killing thousands, is lying abandoned in the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, still standing.
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  • A girl is jumping in the air with her hands towards the sky while playing with a flying toy in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Children are sitting around a Ganesha shrine during the Gampati Festival, dedicated to the famous Indian God with an elephant's head, in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Meenakshi, 7, a young girl born suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is being washed by her brother in their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Sachin, 14, a child with a severe physical disorder affecting his bone structure and legs, is entering his home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A boy is passing through Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A woman is collecting her dry laundry while neighbours are enjoying a fresh afternoon on the roofs of their homes, standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, (visible in the top/right) site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster' in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • A girl is playing with a red ball during celebrations for the Dussehra Festival in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the 1984 Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) gas disaster.
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  • At dawn, a woman is standing by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-contaminated colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.  The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Rashid Ali, 35, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is talking on a mobile phone while hugging his disabled son Rahil Ali, 7, a boy affected by lissencephaly, inside their home in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father and deaf grandmother in a small, single room rented within a larger house. Due to the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India, in 2009 Rahil's mother left the family.
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  • A girl is busy collecting potable drinking water delivered by a government truck in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Hindus are celebrating the Dussehra Festival in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is pointing his finger towards the light, indicating to his mother that he wishes to be taken outside, while in his home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Warming up during a cold morning, two young siblings are sitting by the fire in front of their home by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Neha, 7, is standing by the entrance of her home in Indira Nagar, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India. She was born blind, affected by a severe neurological disorder, and due to insufficient care, she has developed a skin infection and severe malnutrition. Neha's mother, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in 2011, while her father abandoned her in September 2013. She now lives in a government-run facility for orphaned children.
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  • Badel, 2, a boy presenting a severe neurological disorder is being cared for by a local boy, Abhisheik, 3, while sitting near their home in the impoverished Orya Basti colony of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Local women are busy collecting supposedly safe drinking water from a few public water tanks located around the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex has been abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Sachin, 18, a boy suffering from a severe leg paralysis due to the consumption of contaminated water in early age, is sitting inside his home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Reena, 12, is assisting her sister, Rechna, 8, a child affected by a severe neurological disorder inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A girl is being examined by a member of The Bhopal Medical Appeal during a community meeting near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • A young boy presenting a skin disorder is being examined by a Chingari Trust therapist during a visit to one of the nineteen water-affected colonies around the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A photo album with a picture of a young Kameeza Bee, now 60, a widow 'gas-survivor' now suffering from cancer, is open near plastic flowers adorning her living room in Nawab, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Kameeza and her family fed on contaminated underground water until 2010, when some pipeline was installed reached her home.
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  • Rahil Ali, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, in lying on the floor of his home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father, Rashid Ali, 35, and his mute and deaf grandmother, Bano Bi Ali, 70, in a small, single room his father rents inside a larger house. Rahil's mother left the family three years ago, his father says, because of the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India. She took with her Rahil's two siblings, a sister now aged 6 and a brother aged 3, and remarried. In the past, Rashid and his now ex-wife had no choice but to feed the family on contaminated water for a period about six years, in which all three children were born. But while his siblings appear to be healthy to this day, Rahil was diagnosed with torch infection and Lissencephaly after a CT scan was made of his brain soon after his birth. The latter disorder is incurable, and children in similar conditions to Rahil's have a average life expectancy of less than ten years.
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  • A young boy is sitting on a bus driving on the streets of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Shajad Khan, 56, is portrayed inside his home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Shajad has been employed with Union Carbide in the city for 10 years, (1974-1984) first working as a packaging assistant and then assuming a managerial position in the same department.
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  • Rashid Ali, 35, is holding his son Rahil Ali, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, while sitting in their home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father and his mute and deaf grandmother, Bano Bi Ali, 70, in a small, single room his father rents inside a larger house. Rahil's mother left the family three years ago, his father says, because of the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India. She took with her Rahil's two siblings, a sister now aged 6 and a brother aged 3, and remarried. In the past, Rashid and his now ex-wife had no choice but to feed the family on contaminated water for a period about six years, in which all three children were born. But while his siblings appear to be healthy to this day, Rahil was diagnosed with torch infection and Lissencephaly after a CT scan was made of his brain soon after his birth. The latter disorder is incurable, and children in similar conditions to Rahil's have a average life expectancy of less than ten years.
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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex is lying abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex is lying abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex is lying abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A child is taking part to a physiotherapy session at Chingari Trust while his mother is holding his legs to the ground, talking and reassuring her boy, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The trust offers assistance, education, physiotherapy and advice to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or being fed highly contaminated water since a very early age, when the body is more likely to be affected and to suffer irreparable damage.
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  • Children are taking part to a physiotherapy session with their mothers at Chingari Trust, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The trust offers assistance, education, physiotherapy and advice to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or being fed highly contaminated water since a very early age, when the body is more likely to be affected and to suffer irreparable damage.
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  • A child is taking part to a physiotherapy session at Chingari Trust, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The trust offers assistance, education, physiotherapy and advice to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or being fed highly contaminated water since a very early age, when the body is more likely to be affected and to suffer irreparable damage.
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  • Teacher Usha Tilwana, 39, is assisting Arman Parwez, 6, a young boy suffering from a neurological disorder inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Children are being assisted at the Chingari Trust in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located only minutes away from the former Union Carbide factory. Chingari Trust offers assistance, education, physiotherapy and advice to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or being fed highly contaminated water since a very early age, when the body is more likely to be affected and suffer irreparable damage.
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  • A patient is waiting for a medicinal Ayurvedic mix to be prepared by a physician at the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Sambhavna offers free medical services to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Industrial Disaster and has more than 30.000 registered patients.
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  • In the late evening, a young boy is loading a wheeled cart with papayas at a market near Hamidia Road in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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