[Gengis Khan]

"I seriously doubt that if any safety regs were violated, it was as a result of company policy."

Companies in the US dont often maintain the same level of quality or safety standards in third world countries. Very often foreign copmanies are known to take advantage of the lax in enforcement of regulations when it comes to cutting corners and it is especially true of US companies operating overseas in third world countries where corruption is rampant.

The Union Carbide which operated in Bhopal was not exactly well known for their "fantastic" safety standards.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Companies in the US dont often maintain the same level of quality or safety standards in third world countries. Very often foreign copmanies are known to take advantage of the lax in enforcement of regulations when it comes to cutting corners and it is especially true of US companies operating overseas in third world countries where corruption is rampant."

Of course they do. But your comment was that they violated INDIAN safety rule.

"The Union Carbide which operated in Bhopal was not exactly well known for their "fantastic" safety standards."

Prove it.