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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.
Jun 17, 2024 · The gas drifted over the densely populated neighbourhoods around the plant, killing thousands of people immediately and creating a panic as tens of thousands of others attempted to flee Bhopal. The final death toll was estimated to be between 15,000 and 20,000.
Dec 3, 2022 · Harmful Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas started leaking from a nearby Union Carbide pesticide plant, eventually resulting in the Bhopal Gas tragedy, where an estimated 3,000 people died within the first few days.
Apr 25, 2017 · On the night of December 2 and 3, 1984, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals leaked from a pesticide plant located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered to be the worst industrial disaster of all time. The plant was managed, operated, and owned by the company Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL).
Dec 2, 2023 · The Bhopal Gas Tragedy was an industrial accident that occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984, at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,...
Mar 14, 2023 · Late on the night of December 2, 1984, people dwelling in the slums adjacent to the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, woke up to the foul smell of boiled cabbage. It was the first indicator that a highly toxic gas -- methyl isocyanate (MIC) – was leaking from the plant.
On the night of December 2nd, 1984, a defective tank at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal began leaking 27 tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air. By morning, more than half a million people had been exposed, and thousands had lost their lives.
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...
Dec 2, 2014 · 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 toxic gas called methyl isocyanate,...
The leakage of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from Union Carbide India Ltd's (UCIL) factory created a dense toxic cloud over the city and killed thousands and injured lakhs. On the night...
