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Question
What caused the Bhopal gas tragedy?
Solution
This was the worst industrial accident on December 3, 1984, when about 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked into the atmosphere from Union Carbides pesticide factory in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
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