Bhopal Disaster

Denise de Fatima
Isabella Ceribelli 3EM
Vitor Augusto
What happened?
The bhophal disaster was a gas leak incident on the night of 2 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide
plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered among the world's worst industrial disasters. Over 500,000 people were exposed to
methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The highly toxic substance made its way into and around the small towns located near the plant

A government affidavit in 2006 stated

that the leak caused 558,125 injuries, including
38,478 temporary partial injuries and
approximately 3,900 severely and permanently
disabling injuries.[5] Others estimate that 8,000
died within two weeks, and another 8,000 or
more have since died from gas-related
diseases.
The gas leak
Sevin acts by
attacking the
nervous system
of insects

Extremely dangerous compound.

Insecticide Sevin
The gas leak - according to the company
The dirt in one of the pipes, made the
water that would be sent to a hose,
return and consequently fall into one of
the tanks that stored 35 tons of the
toxic agent.
 Released lethal gases by the wind
that dragged through the entire
city.

When a person inhales low

concentrations of methyl
isocyanate, it first affects
moist parts such as the mouth,
throat, airways and eyes.
 All of this could have been avoided if security measures
had not been ignored.

* The safety siren, which was supposed to

alert the community in case of an accident,
was turned off;

* The pressure measurement instruments

were with faulty readings because of the
lack of maintenance;
 Long-term effects
the night of the
disaster was only Union Carbide tried to release responsibility
the beginning of a for the deaths caused by the disaster
paying inadequate compensation to the
tragedy, the
Government of India
effects of which
continue until today
 Suffering of the population today

Residents were left

with contaminated
water supply

Greenpeace is working with local

organizations in Bhopal to
demand that Dow / Union
Carbide is fully responsible for
the decontamination of the area
and for the compensation of
all the victims of the disaster.
The effects of inheritance toxic substances left by the company

a second
generation of
children inherited
irregular genetic
material
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