Warren Anderson (American businessman)

Warren Anderson ( born 1921 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American manager. Anderson was the chairman of the chemical company Union Carbide during the Bhopalunglücks in India, where in 1984 some 16,000 people were killed.

Bhopalunglück

On 3 December 1984 came in the Bhopal to an explosion in which 40 tons of methyl isocyanate were released, which several thousand people died and suffered at least tens of thousands of other serious health problems as a result of poisoning.

Anderson was known that when a security clearance in 1982, 30 serious safety deficiencies were discovered. He did nothing to eliminate the hazards in the plant in Bhopal, which was not under his direct control, but actions commenced an identical investment in the United States.

As Anderson traveled to Bhopal on December 7, 1984 he was arrested together with the President of Union Carbide India Ltd. , Keshub Mahindra, and the Director General Gokhale by the Indian police. After three hours of detention, he was released on bail of 25,000 rupees (about 1,500 euro / $ 2,000 ) and flew in a private plane back to the U.S..

Since his retirement in 1986 to retire Anderson initially lived in Vero Beach in the State of Florida, before he settled in Bridgehampton on Long Iceland, New York.

Several extradition of the Indian government, the U.S. did not implement. Anderson is wanted by an international arrest warrant by the Indian government.