I felt that I could not avoid to talk, I could not avoid to write on my blog about this sad anniversary and remember this tragedy once again, this human stupidity.

On December 3, 1984, in the night, a plant of Union Carbide Corporation in Bhopal, India released 32 tons of methyl isocyanate, a highly toxic gas.
The official toll of this disaster was initially of about 8,000 victims.
A more realistic figure is about 18,000 deaths in the first two weeks, and estimates that another 8,000 people have died from poisoning and related diseases.

The cause of the leakage of gas is linked to the reaction between methyl isocyanate and water, the reaction produced gas and increased the pressure of the tank that and finally won the resistance of the exhaust valves, releasing the toxic cloud.
The theories about how the water entered the tank differ.

That night some… Continue reading →