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On the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, released a cloud of deadly gas that killed an estimated 3,879 people and injured more than 558,125 others.
WHAT WAS BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY Bhopal Gas Tragedy On the night of December 2, 1984, chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC) spilt out from Union Carbide India Ltd’s (UCIL’s) pesticide factory turned the city of Bhopal into a colossal gas chamber. It was India's first major industrial disaster. At least 30 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas killed more than 15,000 people and affected over 600,000 workers. Bhopal gas tragedy is known as world's worst industrial disaster. In 1969, the UCIL factory was made to produce Sevin (a pesticide) using methyl isocyanate ...
Responsible for this yet. it was december 1984 when 40 tons of deadly methyl i so psion 8 known as m i c gas escaped a pesticide factory in the indian city of bhopal within the 1st few hours 3000 people were dead some dying in their own homes. hundreds of thousands more were injured many of them children. over the years the death toll has risen and official estimate stands at around $15000.00. the company responsible union carbide has never faced prosecution but it did you agree a $470000000.00 payout in 1989 campaigners say the company which is now owned by dow chemicals must pay much more in...