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Law and Social Justice — Social Science STD 8 — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social ScienceLaw and Social Justice3 Marks
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How did Bhopal gas tragedy occur?
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The world’s worst industrial tragedy took place in Bhopal 24 years ago. Union Carbide (UC) an American company had a factory in the city in which it produced pesticides. At midnight on 2 December 1984 methyl-isocyanite (MIC) - a highly poisonous gas - started leaking from this UC plant. Within three days, more than 8,000 people were dead. Hundreds of thousands were maimed.

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