Bhopal Disaster Kills and Injures Thousands
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Medicine, Health, Environmental Issues, Disasters
- Subcategories: Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: South Asia, India
- Date: December 3, 1984
Article abstract: The emission of deadly methyl isocyanate gas from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, on December 3, 1984, killed more than 2,800 people and injured thousands of others.
Summary of Event
During the early hours of the morning of December 3, 1984, a deadly gas escaped the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and descended upon a sleeping city of 800,000 residents. The emission was later traced to massive leakage from a large storage tank in the plant containing methyl isocyanate (MIC), a highly reactive compound used in the...
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