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  4. In the textbook you came across Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disasters associated with accidental leakage of radioactive wastes. In India we had Bhopal gas tragedy. It is associated with which of the following?

Q. In the textbook you came across Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disasters associated with accidental leakage of radioactive wastes. In India we had Bhopal gas tragedy. It is associated with which of the following?

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Solution:

In the night of December , , gas clouds of methyl iso-cyanate are formed in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The cause was leakage from the pesticide plant in union carbide India limited. The gas had acute health effects as well as long term effects. The leaked acute effects lead to the death of more than people. Acute effects included suffocation, vomiting, pulmonary oedema as well as cerebral oedema.