The bhopal disaster was a chemical leak that occurred on december 3, 1984, in the indian city of bhopal It killed an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people At the time, it was the worst industrial accident in history. The 1984 gas leak in bhopal, india, killed thousands A web of technical failures, human errors and corporate malpractice in bhopal, india, culminated in an unthinkable tragedy on this day in 1984 The bhopal gas tragedy is etched in history as the world's worst industrial disaster
It began with a gas leak at the union carbide factory, a pesticide plant located in bhopal, india, in december 1984. The tragedy occurred when a storage tank at a pesticide plant run by union carbide exploded and poured dangerous gases into the air in bhopal, immediately killing more than 3,500 slum dwellers.
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