Bhopal: A Living Legacy of Corporate Greed ; Twenty Years Ago Today Poisonous Gases Spewed from a Union Carbide Factory, Killing Thousands as They Slept. It Was the Worst Industrial Accident in History. Justin Huggler Meets the Forgotten Survivors

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The control room at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India, looks like something from one of those post-apocalyptic science fiction movies. Cow dung is splattered across the floor. There are rows upon rows of broken dials, their plastic covers smashed, the needles stuck. The scale models of the plant are shrouded in thick spiders' webs. A dirty sign on the wall reads "Safety is everybody's business".

Outside, eagles are nesting in the long-defunct flare tower. They swing overhead from time to time. Fluffy bits of asbestos float on the breeze. They are strewn across the ground, caught on gorse bushes. The vast metal hulk of the factory is silent, huge tangles of …