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llhopal gas tragedy

disaster that resulted from an accident'
-l.he
Bhopal disaster or Bhopel gas tragedt' \\'as a
'I'he Bhopal
,'he ,r f.gguqqtll q!gd- as the rvorld's s.orst industrial disaster'
Bh.pal disaster
in oxlmatell' 41 tonnes of deadly
gas tr.aged' occurred

ne$fl_iSog}anaI9-MLQ)*"''.r.as.d.Itcausedthedeathofover3000peopleandcontinued
defects passed on to the next
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The plant in BSopal re rhe disaster happened started to produce

carbar)'l bl2ll'
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carbarr.l is mainly used as an insecticide. The disaster happened because water entered a
'l'his caused a chemical reaction which resulted in the
containing Methyl is_or_yarcre- (MI_CJ.
things. 'l-he resulting reaction increased the
build-up of much carbon rJioxicle. anlong other
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,lhe (MIC) of less dangerous chemicals

1 . use of hazarclous clrernicals insteacl

2. Storing these chcmicals i1 large tanks instead of over 200 steel drums'
3. Possible corrocling mate rial in pipelines'
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the MIC tank refrigeration
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