The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy : Night of December 2–3, 1984
UCC : Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) ,Bhopal : pesticide plant,subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC);also related to Eveready Industries India Limited in 1994;McLeod Russel (India) Ltd & at last by Dow Chemical Company purchased UCC in 2001.
Toxic Gas leakage : Methyl Isocyanate (MIC)
Incident : World's worst industrial catastrophes
Exposure : 500000
Death ( suddenly ) : 2259
Death ( two week ) : 8000
Death certify as in 1991 : 3928
Govt : Died -3,787; one week- 3000; Gas related disease - 8000; Govt stated ( 2006 ) - leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial &severely and permanently disabling injuries-3,900
Symptoms : burning in the respiratory tract and eyes, blepharospasm, breathlessness, stomach pains and vomiting.
Causes of deaths : Choking, reflexogenic circulatory collapse and pulmonary oedema,tubular necrosis of the kidneys, fatty degeneration of the liver, necrotising enteritis etc
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