Salman, 13, a child with a serious psychological disorder and blindness, is portrayed in his home in the impoverished Arif Nagar Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,
India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
A lone girl is refreshing under the late monsoon rain in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. The rain will reach the chemical waste buried under the ground and then poison the drinking water for the over 30.000 urban slum dwellers living nearby.
A young child is crying for attention inside a makeshift house in Oriya Basti Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
Zubin, 3, is crying in the arms of her mother, a gas victim of the 1984 pesticide disaster, in their home in an impoverished area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination. Zubin was born healthy but developed serious physical and neurological deficiencies in her early childhood, a symptom connected to the long-term consumption of contaminated water.
The Union Carbide Control Room is photographed in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Shazia, 7, is portrayed in the early morning while still in bed with her twin sister, Fozia, and their older brother, in their home inside the impoverished Nawab Colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, located dangerously near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing water contamination. Born from gas-affected parents, the girls suffer from physical and psychological disorders.
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 former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
A boy is jumping over the wall of the former Union Carbide industrial complex. In the area nearby 30.000 people are at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination. Many walls surrounding UC have been covered in graffiti such as this one.
Asif, 14,(right) a child with severe neurological and physical disabilities, is portrayed near his home in the impoverished Arif Nagar Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
A view of the impoverished Blue Moon Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, is set against the former Union Carbide industrial complex. A man is selling Hindu idols on the streets. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing water contamination.
A malnourished child sits in a corner of his makeshift home eating a piece of stale 'chapati' (Indian bread) in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
Two children are walking inside one of the large pools once used by Union Carbide to contain their chemical wastewater. The entire site boost high toxicity levels. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing water contamination.
Children with disabilities are playing and singing during a meeting at Chingari Trust, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. 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.
Women are lining up to be visited at the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Sambhavna offers free medical service to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Industrial Disaster and has more than 30.000 registered patients.
Zubin, 3, is portrayed in her usual semi-conscious state on the floor of her home in an impoverished area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex where over 30.000 people are at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination. Zubin was born healthy but developed serious physical
