Write about the most terrifying gas tragedies in the world.
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The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered to be the world's worst industrial gas disaster. Over 5 lakh people were exposed to methyl gas. The highly toxic substance very fastly spread around the small towns located near the plant.
Bhoopal gas tragedies
It happened at a Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India. On the night of 2-3 December 1984, the plant released approximately 40 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, exposing more than 500,000 people to toxic gases. ... Thousands died immediately from the effects of the gas.
Bhopal water still toxic 25 years after deadly gas leak, study finds. Groundwater found near the site of the world's worst chemical industrial accident in Bhopal is still toxic and poisoning residents a quarter of a century after a gas leak there killed thousands, two studies have revealed.