Indonesian Sulfur Mines + The Bhopal Gas Disaster in Madhya Pradesh, India

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Hey poison friends! Finally getting to post this one! Just a heads up, my voice still sounds funny thanks to being sick, but feel free to laugh with us as I fail to use words properly a few times this episode lol.

This week we travel to Indonesia to discuss the sulfur mines on an active volcano and the miners who collect it to be processed. While tourist travel to see the blue flames caused by the burning sulfur, most of the miners cannot afford such a thing or gloves. They normally cover their mouths with wet cloths and travel miles up steep, rocky, terrain to mine the sulfur and bring hundred of pounds back the same way, all the while facing blistering from longterm exposure to the sulfur and lasting respiratory problems. Oh and there are acidic lakes, too.

Next we move on to India, where pollution and toxic waste dumping have long been a problem. In the capital of Madhya Pradesh, one of the worst industrial accidents occurred in 1984, now known as the Bhopal Gas Disaster. How did it happen and what were its effects? For one, it killed and injured thousands, leaving many with serious longterm health problems. Also, the area has never been fully cleaned up, though recent measures have been announced. Lets get into it!

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