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The in-depth story of the Bhopal Disaster The amount of death and trauma experienced by the residents of Bhopal, India has ...
More than 35 years later, victims say children are still being born with disabilities because of the effects of the methyl isocyanate gas spill.
They centre around The Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) plant in Bhopal, India which started production in 1969, producing carbaryl insecticides. The plant initially used imported Methyl Isocyanate (MIC ...
More than 35 years later, victims say, children are still being born with disabilities because of the effects of the methyl isocyanate gas spill.
The toxic methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984 killed more than 3,000 people and affected 1.02 lakh others. BHOPAL ...
Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and is the main rail junction of Central India. The city hogged international attention after the worst industrial disaster when the Union Carbide plant leaked ...
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In 1984, the Bhopal gas tragedy left 500,000 people exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The immediate death toll at time was reported to be 2,259. A study by Ingrid Eckerman estimates that at ...