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Aug 12, 2020 · Case study for Bhopal Gas Tragedy. August 2020. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16473.75364. Conference: P P Savani University Conference. Authors: Amina Sharif. P P Savani University. Citations (3)...
On December 3 1984, in the city of Bhopal, a highly toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate(MIC) vapor burst from the Union Carbide pesticide plant. Of the 800,000 people living in Bhopal at the time, 2,000 died immediately, and as many as 300,000 were injured1.
This case study describes an epidemiological survey which aimed to establish the existence (or otherwise), nature and extent of chronic respiratory disease attributable to gas exposure in 1984. In addition, the relevant literature in this, and related, areas has been examined and is summarized.
1.30 am: Bhopal police chief was informed of the leak; no significant police mobilization was followed. 8 am: Madhya Pradesh governor ordered closure of the plant and arrest of the plant manager and 4 other employees.
INVESTIGATION OF LARGE-MAGNITUDE INCIDENTS: BHOPAL AS A CASE STUDY. Ashok S. Kalelkar Arthur D. Little, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Presented At The Institution of Chemical Engineers Conference On Preventing Major Chemical Accidents. London, England. May 1988. ABSTRACT.
Sep 4, 2018 · UCC chairman and CEO Warren Anderson was arrested and released on bail by the Madhya Pradesh Police in Bhopal on 7 December 1984. Anderson was taken to UCC's house after which he was released six hours later on $2,100 bail and flown out on a government plane.
According to gas victims’ campaigner Abdul Jabbar, politicians, including minister in charge of gas relief and rehabilitation Arif Aqueel, the Bhopal municipal authority and Union Carbide would be made parties to the proposed case for letting life-threatening toxins lie scattered around the factory.
