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Hindustan Lever thermometer factory, Kodaikanal

Mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, shut in 2001.

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  • Kodaikanal mercury case where the exposure took place; a central government committee counted about 45 deaths and over 600 people exposed Scholarship & press 1

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  1. until 2001 Hindustan Lever thermometer factory, Kodaikanal part of Hindustan Unilever
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  1. Hindustan Unilever, former employees settle mercury poisoning case after 15 years, Scroll.in, 9 Mar 2016. Scholarship & press
    A central government committee found that around 45 people had died and over 600 were exposed to toxic vapours during the 19 years that the factory had operated.
    Hindustan Unilever Limited on Wednesday announced that it has reached a full and final settlement to provide undisclosed voluntary payments to 591 former employees who were exposed to toxic mercury vapour at its thermometer factory in Kodaikanal more than a decade ago.
    The thermometer factory was shut in 2001 by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board following allegations of toxic mercury being dumped in Kodaikanal.
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