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Bhopal  //__Why did the disaster happen ?__// //The accident occurred because of poor attitudes about saftey, maintenance of plant, saftey rules were not followed and stuff reduced, inexpert.// //Late on the night of 3rd december, workers of a union carbide chemical plant in bhopal were flushing pipes with clean water. Somehow, water entered a tank filled with methylisocyanate gas, a gas used in the production of pesticides.// //The water set off a chemical reaction which caused pressure to rise inside the tank before it exploded, and a large quantity of the lethal gas was released into bhopal.// //Many workers in the plant were killed very quickly as the gas speeded out into bhopal, waking citizens with feelings of choking. The early acute effects were vomiting, burning sensations in the eye, nose and throat .// //The death toll to date is 20,000 and it is still rising.// Bibliography: [|www.wisegeek.com/what] 