Methyl isocyanate
A Quarter-Century After the Worst Toxic-Gas Leak in History, Questions Linger
...near the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. In December 1984 an estimated 27 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from the plant and into the environment. The...
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Bayer announces shakeup at Institute plant
...investigators concluded the incident could have caused a Bhopal-sized chemical disaster, if a nearby tank of methyl isocyanate, or MIC, had been damage. MIC was the chemical that...
Jay seeks more money for chemical probes
...the Bayer explosion and fire "came dangerously close to compromising a nearby tank" of the deadly chemical methyl isocyanate. "I am very concerned about the possibility that the CSB...
Agencies weighing probes of DuPont Belle safety issues
...it might have occurred in 1984 and 1985, when then-Institute plant owner Union Carbide stopped production of methyl isocyanate for five months following the Bhopal disaster in India. Be...
Board narrowing scope of Bayer MIC investigation
...Institute plant as a result of the company's plan to reduce its stockpile of the deadly chemical methyl isocyanate. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators are significantly...
Lawmakers might propose limits on MIC storage
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some Kanawha County state lawmakers say they might propose limits on the storage of methyl isocyanate, a deadly chemical kept at the Bayer CropScience At an...
Bayer cited for MIC tank violations
...has not properly maintained or tested the underground storage tank where it keeps roughly 200,000 pounds of methyl isocyanate, the deadly chemical that killed thousands of people in...
'Do they want this kind of industrialisation?'
...in Bhopal, according to soon-to-be-aired CNN World's Untold Stories: 25 Years After Midnight. A leakage of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas led to one of the biggest industrial disasters of...
Bhopal: The 25th anniversary of the Union Carbide gas disaster
...by 40 tonnes of toxic gas from a pesticide plant owned by the American multinational Union Carbide. The gas was methyl isocyanate, which when inhaled stops oxygen entering the blood,...
Bhopal recalls gas disaster
...plant at the time. The incident was the worst industrial disaster in history. Forty tons of a toxin called methyl isocyanate leaked from the factory and settled over slums on 3...
25 years later, Bhopal still suffering
...leak tragedy By Bill Wunner, CNN Senior Producer, Special Projects On December 3, 1984, cloud of methyl isocyanate gas hits Bhopal Within hours, more than 3,000 people are dead
Effects of toxic gas may be seen in future generations in Bhopal
By K.S. Jayaraman, Bangalore, Dec 2 : The deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas released by the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal this day 25 years ago affected even the unborn,...
