THE BHOPAL DISASTER: RISKS AND VULNER- ABILITIES IN TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES AND THE RIGHT TO KNOW
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Abstract
Technological disasters, since its origin in the Industrial Revolution, are part of the reality of society, with frequent losses from the loss of lives to the compromise of ecosystem services. These events carry the lesson that the development of technologies must be accompanied by the diagnosis of their risks through the balance between knowledge and safety, the likelihood and potentiality of their damages. In this context, the article aims initially at narrating the disaster of Bhopal in Sheila Jasanoff and, in the second moment to analyze the disasters under the systemic aspect that marks the society of risk. Therefore, we will use bibliographical research and the systemic-constructivist matrix as a methodology to demonstrate the complexity surrounding disaster risk prevention strategies, taking into account technology transfer between states and pre-existing vulnerabilities.
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