Imagine waking up one morning after going to bed as healthy as a horse, without sight, accompanied by a burning sensation, excruciating pain in the lungs which makes breathing difficult and with no idea of ​​what caused this effect. That's the feeling felt by more than 200,000 people in Bhopal, India, on December 3, 1984. A pesticide factory run by Union Carbide Corporation, an American company, experienced a gas leak from tanks containing methyl isocyanate (MIC). Methyl isocyanate reacted with water, producing toxic gases that spread to human settlements, causing devastating effects. This is just one disaster among many caused by the industry. The causes of these disasters and the responsibilities linked to these disasters are the focus of this article. Air pollution directly affects human health, as evidenced by the Bhopal disaster. It is therefore important to understand this relationship. Even though industries are not the only causes of air pollution, pollution due to industries must be controlled by taking all necessary safety measures and considering the unintended consequences that may be caused by an error in the equipment. Lee Davis is an expert on the subject. Known environmentalist who has written a series of books focused on the environment and its evolution. In his book Environmental Catastrophes, he focuses on man-made disasters of the 20th century. It demonstrates how individuals, industries and government all contribute to the air, water and land pollution that has caused a series of disasters over the years. There is more emphasis on the industrial contribution, as industries are, to a greater extent, the cause of most man-made disasters. Industrial effects are often... middle of paper ...... the victims of such disasters and ensure that companies take responsibility for their mistakes. All human beings have the right to be treated equally. I look forward to the time when people no longer need to go to court to fight for their rights. Works cited1. Davis, Lee. 1998. Environmental Disasters: A Chronicle of Individual, Industrial, and Governmental Neglect. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1998.2. “Top Carbide Brass held, Anderson released.” The Times of India News Service, December 7, 1984.3. Nandini, Gunewardena and Schuller, Mark. 2008. Capitalizing on disaster: neoliberal strategies in post-disaster reconstruction. Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira Press.4. Rosenberg, Tina. “What the world needs now is DDT. » New York Times, April 11, 2004.5. Subrahmaniam, Vidya. “25 years and I’m still waiting.” The Hindu, sec. Notice, December 02, 2009.