BHOPAL DISASTER

INTRODUCTIONBHOPAL

TRAGEDY

INTRODUCTIONBhopal is a city in central India and the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh.About 360 miles south from Indian capital, New Delhi.In 1984, Bhopal’s population was only 850 000 people. Half a million of people were exposed to the deadly chemicals due to the gas leak tragedy in December 1984.

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Union Carbide factory

Bhopal gas disaster was a gas leak incident in Bhopal, India, considered as world’s worst industrial disaster.It happened at night on 2 December 1984 to 3 December 1984. This took place at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant factory.Gases exposed to the surrounding were methyl isocyanate (MIC) and other toxic chemicals.

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It was reported that 3 787 deaths due to the gas released and 558 125 injuries including permanent

and severe injuries.

CAUSE

CAUSE1. Water went

through MIC tank

2. Safety Device non-functional

3. Shoddy maintenance

4. The knowledge of the workers

EFFECT

EFFECTS

o Death of thousands people and animal.

oToxin founded in the breast milk of nursing mothers.

oThe survivors suffer from debilitating conditions

oThe following generations suffer from respiratory,

neurologic, psychiatric and ophthalmic symptoms.

o Babies born with physical and mental deformities.

o Water contaminated

MORAL VALUE

MORAL VALUES

WE NEED TO CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY AND HEALTHY (HUMAN, ANIMALS, AND ENVIRONMENTS)

We need to be aware with safety precautions

What you do, you also need to thinks about the others

RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDATION• Local governments clearly cannot allow

industrial facilities to be situated within urban areas• Government of india should have enforced

strong policies regarding company operations and its security system.• Enhance worker and community rights to

know about chemical hazards• Industry and government need to bring

proper financial support to local communities.

• Build public health infrastructure

CONCLUSION• The bhopal disaster has gone down in history as one

of the world’s worst industrial accident to ever occur. Thousands of people lost their lives, countless others injured, and the environment contaminated due numerous bad decisions among those who owned the plant.• There are several other industries till now working

only for their profit, ignore the safety of people in it and around it.• The government should take necessary steps to

control these industries so that no other disaster occurs.

REFERENCES

• Roli Varma, 2005. The Bhopal Disaster of 1984. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 25(1), pp 37-45. • S. Sriramachari, 2004. The Bhopal gas

tragedy: An environmental disaster. Current Science, 86(7), pp 906-920.

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