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Mar 29, 2024 · Bhopal disaster, chemical leak in 1984 in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh state, India, during which about 45 tons of methyl isocyanate escaped from an insecticide plant. Tens of thousands of people were killed, some half a million others suffered maladies, and the site remained contaminated decades after the leak.
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Bhopal, city, capital of Madhya Pradesh state, central...
- Union Carbide Corporation
On Dec. 3, 1984, Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal,...
- Bhopal
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India: Also known as: Bhopal gas tragedy: Type: Chemical accident: Cause: Methyl isocyanate leak from the E610 storage tank on the Union Carbide India Limited plant: Deaths: At least 3,787; over 16,000 claimed: Non-fatal injuries: At least 558,125
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Nov 22, 2023 · Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, about 40 tons of deadly gas leaked out of a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. The highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) – used...
Dec 2, 2014 · December 2, 2014. 28 Photos. In Focus. Thirty years ago, on the night of December 2, 1984, an accident at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, released at least 30 tons of a...
Jun 16, 2023 · Toxic gas leaked out of a pesticide factory run by the Indian subsidiary of an American company called Union Carbide. Thousands died immediately after that accident, and tens of thousands...
Jan 28, 1985 · Those are among the findings of a seven-week inquiry begun by reporters of The New York Times after the Dec. 3 leak of toxic methyl isocyanate gas at a Union Carbide plant in the central Indian...
On the night of December 2nd, 1984, a Union Carbide pesticides plant in Bhopal, India, began leaking 27 tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air. Local residents awoke in terror, eyes burning, lungs choked, searching in desperation for their loved ones as they attempted to flee the clouds of toxic vapour.
