2 days Ago By David Richards
South Korea’s LG Group the owner of LG Electronics in Australia, is facing massive problems after deadly styrene gas was leaked from one of their plants in India shortly after COVID lock downs, resulting in the death of 12 people and hundreds being injured with the Indian High Court forced to seal the plant from further deadly gas leaks as the issue is fought out in Indian Courts. This is the same Company that is spruiking “Life’s Good” and asking employees to have “Optimism”. The gas leaked from an LG chemical plant in southern India leaving people struggling to breathe and collapsing in the streets as they tried to flee the LG operation.
The synthetic chemical styrene leaked from the LG Polymers plant which at the time had been affected by COVID lock downs. A fire that broke out before the gas leak was extinguished, with people collapsing on the road and having to be rushed to a hospital. One employee who was only in his mid-thirties, was among the 12 people who died after inhaling the poisonous styrene monomer vapour that leaked from the LG Polymers plant in their village on the night of the incident.
His body was later found floating in a well in the backyard of their house. Gangaraju’s family said he may have lost his eyesight in the gas leak and stumbled into the well while trying to escape to safety. Since the accident in 2022 people in areas close to the plant have complained of breathing difficulties and a burning sensation in their eyes, with many worr.
