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Bhopal Gas Tragedy - Sad truth
Posted Date: 18 May 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: RAFI Member Level: Gold
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The Bhopal Disaster took place in the early hours of the morning of December 3, 1984 in the heart of the city of Bhopal in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant released 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, killing between 2500 and 5000 people. Bhopal is frequently cited as one of the world's worst industrial disasters. The International Medical Commission on Bhopal was established in 1993 to respond to the disasters.
On the morning of December 3, 1984, a holding tank with 43 tonnes of stored
MIC from the Union Carbide factory, overheated and released toxic MIC gas mixture, which, being heavier than air, rolled along the ground through the surrounding streets. The transportation system in the city collapsed and many people were trampled trying to escape. According to the Bhopal Medical Appeal, around 500,000 people were exposed to the leaking tables. Approximately 20,000 to this date are believed to have died as a result; on average, roughly one person dies every day from the effects.
Over 120,000 continue to suffer the effects of the disaster, such as breathing
difficulties, cancer, serious birth-defects, blindness, gynecological complications and other related problems.
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