2. Bhopal accident
The Bhopal accident is the biggest industrial disaster to date. It perhaps surpasses the Chernobyl accident, whose exact number of victims is unknown. It is the result of a process involving major technological risks, implemented in an area inhabited by a very large and vulnerable population.
The manufacturing process for methyl isocyanate (MIC), an intermediate in the manufacture of insecticides, involved storing the product in storage tanks, each capable of holding 40 t of MIC. This intermediate is a volatile product, capable of reacting exothermically with water to produce carbon dioxide, and of polymerizing. These properties led to its release into the environment following a series of malfunctions. But it is above all MIC's toxicity that is responsible for the large number of victims. MIC vapors react with the skin,...
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