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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 ...

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where a pesticide factory owned by a subsidiary of the American firm Union Carbide Corporation leaked roughly forty-five tons of the dangerous gas methyl isocyanate. The toxic gas drifted across the ...

The plant initially used imported Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) which was used as an intermediate in the production process and later built facilities which allowed the factory to produce their own. The ...

More than 35 years later, victims say children are still being born with disabilities because of the effects of the methyl isocyanate gas spill.

More than 35 years later, victims say, children are still being born with disabilities because of the effects of the methyl isocyanate gas spill.

(Beyond Pesticides, November 1, 2024) In a study published earlier this year in Soil Science Society of America Journal, researchers at Kansas State University document direct evidence that organic ...

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The city hogged international attention after the worst industrial disaster when the Union Carbide plant leaked deadly methyl isocyanate gas during the night of Dec. 3, 1984, which claimed over 20,000 ...

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 ...