The Nation - News from Aug. 19, 1985
Angry residents of Institute, W. Va., characterizing West Virginia’s petrochemical corridor as “Cancer Valley,” denounced Union Carbide Corp. for two chemical leaks that sickened 142 persons. About 400 persons jammed the West Virginia State College auditorium to protest the leaks earlier this month from Carbide plants in Institute and South Charleston. The protesters demanded tougher community right-to-know laws and cited the catastrophic gas leak at a Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, that killed an estimated 2,000 persons.
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