The Methyl Isocyanate Release from the Union Carbide Plant at Bhopal on the Night of 2-3 December 1984
Approximately 27 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a storage tank at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal between approximately 23:00 on 2 December and 02:00 on 3 December 1984. The toxic cloud spread across adjacent shantytowns. The Indian government's official immediate death toll is 3,787. Independent estimates of total deaths from acute and chronic exposure reach 20,000 or more.
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