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What are the reasons for the sharp differences in safety standards between the 2 Union carbide factories in the USA and India?

The reasons for the sharp differences in safety standards between the 2 Union carbide factories in the USA and India are:

● a) India has a high rate of unemployment and due to this, the workers are willing to work in conditions which are not safe for them.


● b) Workers can easily be replaced with another due to the high rate of population.


● c) It is the ignorance of the Indian workers that the safety standards in India very much lower than those in the USA


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