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A gas leak from a single factory is considered the worst industrial disaster in history
In 1984, a toxic gas leak from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people within just a few days.
On the night of December 2-3, 1984, an uncontrolled leak of methyl isocyanate — a highly toxic gas — occurred at a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, and spread over a densely populated part of the city.
Thousands of people died within the first few days after the disaster, and tens of thousands more suffered permanent damage to their lungs, eyes, and nervous systems — the exact death toll is still disputed today, since the health effects kept emerging for years.
The cause was a combination of poor equipment maintenance, a lack of functioning safety systems, and cost-cutting — the factory had long been criticized for safety violations even before the disaster.
The significance: the land around the former factory remains contaminated to this day, and the fight over compensation and legal responsibility has dragged through Indian courts for decades.
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