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Union Carbide Corporation ( UCC) is an American chemical company. UCC is a wholly owned subsidiary (since February 6, 2001) of Dow Chemical Company. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers.
- 1917; 106 years ago
- Chemical industry
- Seadrift, Texas, US
- US$4.377 billion (2019)
Union Carbide Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. "Dow", as used throughout, often refers generically to The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Jun 14, 2023 · The derelict Union Carbide plant sits on a 20-hectare (49-acre) site in Bhopal’s old town. As the toxic cloud blanketed much of Bhopal, people began to die.
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The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. In what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster, [3] over 500,000 people in the small towns around the plant were exposed to the highly ...
- 2 December 1984 – 3 December 1984
- At least 558,125
- At least 3,787; over 16,000 claimed
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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 highly ...
Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation is incorporated on November 1, 1917 and acquires the stock of: Linde Air Products Co.; National Carbon Co., Inc.; Prest-O-Lite Co., Inc.; and Union Carbide Company (formed in 1898). George Curme files the first patent for commercial preparation of ethylene. Union Carbide establishes Carbide and Carbon ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Bhopal disaster, chemical leak in 1984 in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh state, India. At the time, it was called the worst industrial accident in history. On December 3, 1984, about 45 tons of the dangerous gas methyl isocyanate escaped from an insecticide plant that was owned by the Indian subsidiary of the American firm Union Carbide ...
