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It was the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC).
The Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide manufacturing plant leaked a mixture of deadly gases in Bhopal.
20,000 have died to date 120,000 continue to suffer
The Bhopal disaster, also known as the Bhopal gas tragedy, occurred in early December 1984. It was a gas leak incident at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, causing one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
Suroopa Mukherjee has written: 'A tale of the forest' 'Bhopal gas tragedy' -- subject(s): Accidents, Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Chemical industry, Environmental aspects of Methyl isocyanate, Methyl isocyanate
Bhopal , India is known , notably , for the Bhopal disaster where hundreds of thousands were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas , a pesticide , produced by the Union Carbide Chemical Company resulting in over twenty-two hundred deaths and the survivors suffer health problems to this day . ~ Look to the related link below for further information .
Like any major accident, the union carbide accident was caused by negligence in handling/storing of Methyl IsoCyanat (MIC) by a personnel of UC Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, USA. Ignorant regulators, meant to oversee the safety practices, did what they are best at, resulting into a disaster known globally as Bhopal Gas Tragedy killing over 3'000 people overnight and leaving over 40'000 permanently disabled.
Jamie Cassels has written: 'The uncertain promise of law' -- subject(s): Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Disaster victims, Liability for industrial accidents, Trials, litigation, Union Carbide Corporation 'The law of large-scale claims' -- subject(s): Class actions (Civil procedure), Complex litigation, Products liability, Torts
I believe the answer is: The dioxine leaking from the UCAR (Union Carbide co.) installations in the city of Bhopal, back in December 1984. It was one of the most terrible industrial accidents ever.
The driving distance from Pune, India to Bhopal, India is 494 miles / 795 km
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