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    Over 500,000 people were exposed to toxic gases from a leak at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on December 3, 1984 in one of the world's worst industrial disasters. A reaction involving water and 42 tons of methyl isocyanate gas in an underground storage tank caused the tank to vent deadly gases over the city. Immediate deaths were reported to be over 2,000, though estimates vary significantly with some suggesting total related deaths may have reached over 8,000.

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    Over 500,000 people were exposed to toxic gases from a leak at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on December 3, 1984 in one of the world's worst industrial disasters. A reaction involving water and 42 tons of methyl isocyanate gas in an underground storage tank caused the tank to vent deadly gases over the city. Immediate deaths were reported to be over 2,000, though estimates vary significantly with some suggesting total related deaths may have reached over 8,000.

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    BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY-167

    The Bhopal disaster (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas tragedy) was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 23, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[2] Others estimate 3,000 died within weeks and another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases. During the night of December 2 3, 1984, water entered a tank containing 42 tons of MIC. The resulting exothermic reaction increased the temperature inside the tank to over 200 C (392 F) and raised the pressure. The tank vented releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere. The gases were blown by north-westerly winds over Bhopal.

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