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Mesh term Bhopal Accidental Release

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Chemical Hazard Release
History, 20th Century

Description

1984 accident in Bhopal, INDIA at a PESTICIDES facility, resulting when WATER entered a storage tank containing ISOCYANATES. The following accidental chemical release and uncontrolled reaction resulted in several thousand deaths.



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