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In the textbook you came 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?

The Bhopal gas tragedy was associated with Methyl Isocyanate (MIC). MIC is a colourless, odourless and poisonous gas. The gas was leaked from the insecticide unit of the Union Carbide at Bhopal which caused the death of two-three thousand people overnight in Bhopal.

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