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Within 3 days of the Bhopal gas leak over 8,000 people had died and hundreds of thousands were injured or sickened. The leak occurred at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India in 1984 when a highly toxic gas, methyl isocyanate, escaped from the factory in a dense white cloud. Survivors described waking up coughing and struggling to breathe as the gas filled their homes. Today, over 50,000 people who were exposed still suffer severe respiratory and other health problems. The disaster was not an accident but resulted from Union Carbide deliberately ignoring safety measures to cut costs. The environment around the plant was also extensively and long-term damaged due to improper clean up.

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DONE BY ; ASHISH MUSIRANA
The worlds worst industrial disaster took place in Bhopal 24 years ago.Union Carbide {UC} an American company had a factory in the city in which it produced pesticides.At midnight on 2nd December 1984 methyl-isocyanite (mic)-a highly poisonous gas started leaking from this plant
One of the survivor says At about 12.30 am I woke up to the sound of my baby coughing badly . In the half-light I saw that the room was filled with a white cloud . I heard people shouting run,,,run Then I started coughing , with each breath seeming as if I was breathing in fire . My eyes were burning. Aziza Sultan
DEATH TROLL OF THE DISASTER Within 3 days more than 8000 people were dead . Hundreds of thousands were maimed.Most of those were exposed to the poison gas came from poor,working-class families of which nearly 50000 people are today too sick to work.Among those who survived,many developed severe respiratory disorders,eye problems and othe disorders.Children developed pecular abmormalities,like the girl in the photo.
Is it an accident or done intentionally?? The disaster was not an accident . UC had deliberately ignored the essential safety measures in order to cut costs . Much before the Bhopal disaster , there had been incidents of gas leak killing a worker and injuring several.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT The Bhopal gas leak caused extensive damage to the environment surrounding the Union Carbide factory.The impacts were both immediate and long-term. Due to improper clean up in the area, Bhopal residents are still affected by the negative consequences of the gas leak.
Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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Bhopal Gas Tragedy

  • 1. DONE BY ; ASHISH MUSIRANA
  • 2. The worlds worst industrial disaster took place in Bhopal 24 years ago.Union Carbide {UC} an American company had a factory in the city in which it produced pesticides.At midnight on 2nd December 1984 methyl-isocyanite (mic)-a highly poisonous gas started leaking from this plant
  • 3. One of the survivor says At about 12.30 am I woke up to the sound of my baby coughing badly . In the half-light I saw that the room was filled with a white cloud . I heard people shouting run,,,run Then I started coughing , with each breath seeming as if I was breathing in fire . My eyes were burning. Aziza Sultan
  • 4. DEATH TROLL OF THE DISASTER Within 3 days more than 8000 people were dead . Hundreds of thousands were maimed.Most of those were exposed to the poison gas came from poor,working-class families of which nearly 50000 people are today too sick to work.Among those who survived,many developed severe respiratory disorders,eye problems and othe disorders.Children developed pecular abmormalities,like the girl in the photo.
  • 5. Is it an accident or done intentionally?? The disaster was not an accident . UC had deliberately ignored the essential safety measures in order to cut costs . Much before the Bhopal disaster , there had been incidents of gas leak killing a worker and injuring several.
  • 6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT The Bhopal gas leak caused extensive damage to the environment surrounding the Union Carbide factory.The impacts were both immediate and long-term. Due to improper clean up in the area, Bhopal residents are still affected by the negative consequences of the gas leak.