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The Bhopal Legacy

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Submitted by madhu on Tue, 1999-11-02 04:22

The Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, which used to manufacture (among other products) the pesticide Sevin (carbaryl) gained world-wide recognition as a result of the tragic chemical disaster on the night of 2-3rd December
1984. The accident, involving a massive release of methylisocyanate (MIC) gas, resulted in the death or injury of many thousands of people in the surrounding residential areas. A
number of studies, conducted in the aftermath of the accident, understandably focused on the long-term consequences of acute exposure to MIC. Very little attention was paid then
to the state of the UCIL site and immediate surroundings with respect to contaminants other than MIC which may have been present not only as a result of the accident, but also
the routine operation of the plant.

Publisher : 
Greenpeace Research Laboratories
Author: 
Labunska
K.
I.; Stephenson
A.; Brigden
Stringer
Place of Publication: 
UK
Main Topic: 
Environment
Attachment(s): 
report-7.pdf
thesaurus: 
Groundwater Pollution
Bhopal
Compensation
Bhopal Gas Disaster
Methyl Isocyanate (MIC)
Union Carbide
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
External URL: 
http://www.bhopal.net/oldsite/documentlibrary/bhopal.pdf
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Publication Date: 
01/11/1999