question_answer 33)

  In the textbook you same 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? (a) CO2                  (b) Methyl isocyanate    (c) CFC's                               (d) Methyl cyanate

Answer:

                  (b) MIC (Methyl Isocynate) was leaked from insecticide (SAVIN) unit of Union Carbide at Bhopal. Which lead to Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This chemical tragedy occured on December 2rd 1984 at Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. In which around2000-3000 people died on that some night.