To OP … I completely empathize with your sentiments. I would be indignant if I were you. I also agree that the village that had to evacuate is probably doomed.
Having said that I would probably look forward to an environmental impact study on the consequences on the larger area and an investigation/fact checks on the other allegations. We often get emotional in a tragic incident like this.
Any poison has a lethal dose. For Phosgene it is 1.6 ppm. The intensity of a chemical roughly decreases by a factor of 8 per distance (inversely proportional to the cube of the distance). So if we start with about 1 cubic meter of phosgene, it is quite harmless if spread over one square kilometer. Of course you have to start with the actual volume that was released, factor in wind, factor it’s weight relative to the atmosphere, and theory cannot rule out actual observations/measurements taken at the impacted area.
I still agree with you in principle and mostly disagree with the counterpoints.
I am a capital owner and as mentioned earlier by someone, I don’t believe in profits made at any cost. I would rather have sustainable profit, and may choose to vote out the management by proxy if it comes to that. Of course I am a small shareholder and invest indirectly but there are a lot of shareholders big and small that hold the same value.
Also, the culpability of any incident is on the CEO, unless he can prove that someone below him acted with malicious intent. It is his responsibility to set up the culture, operating model, and redundant safety measures for any dangers. Yes he would delegate all of it, but it does not absolve him of his responsibility
It was covered by both Wall Street Journal and New York Times, but no one has reported what you said yet. I trust the mainstream media and get the most respected ones from both sides of the political fence to get a balanced view
