Bhopal disaster

When

3 Dec 1984

Kind

Industrial accident

Coordinates

23.28° N, 77.41° E

Description

gas leak accident in Bhopal, India on 3 December 1984

Deaths

18000

Injured

150000

Cause

thermal runaway, negligence, gas leak

1984 gas-leak accident in Bhopal, India

On December 3rd 1984, over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, in what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 8,000 people outright and…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bhopalunglück: In der Pestizidfabrik der Union Carbide in Bhopal entsteht eine Giftgaswolke – Tausende sterben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “durant la nuit, l’explosion d’une cuve de de méthylisocyanate de l’usine de pesticides Union Carbide à Bhopal, (Inde), cause plus de et plus de”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бхопальская катастрофа: в результате утечки метилизоцианата (MIC) на заводе компании Union Carbide в Бхопале, Индия, более 3000 человек погибло сразу и от 15…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Bhopal (India) sucede un escape de isocianato de metilo gaseoso en una fábrica de pesticidas de la empresa estadounidense Union Carbide (Desastre de Bhopal)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “كارثة بوبال: انفجار في مصنع للكيماويات ويتسرب مادة ميثيل إيزوسيانات في بوبال في ولاية ماديا براديش في”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “インド・ボパールにあるユニオン・カーバイドの殺虫剤工場から有毒ガスが流出、2万人近くが死亡したボパール化学工場事故が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page