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Which industrial accidents have become major disasters?

The worst industrial accident as far as human lives lost was in Bhopal, India. On December 3, 1984, a pesticide plant released methyl isocyanate, resulting in 2,000 deaths and 100,000 injuries.

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Date	Place	Event	Result
9/21/21	Oppau, Germany	Explosion at a nitrate plant and nearby village	561 deaths; more than 1,500 persons injured
4/16/47	Texas City, Texas	Explosion in freighter being loaded with ammonium nitrate	561 deaths; much of city destroyed
7/28/48	Ludwigshafen, Federal Democratic Republic of Germany	Vapor explosion from dimethyl ether	209 deaths
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