8BBhopal

8B Bhopal disaster the bhopal disaster otherwise known as the worst industrial disaster happened when a containment of methyl isocyanate burst causing the toxic chemical to be release into the air killing thousands of people
 * __What was the disaster?__**

the bhopal disaster happened at The night of 2nd december to early 3rd december 1984
 * __When was the disaster?__**

__**Where was the disaster?**__ the bhopal disaster took place at Madhya Pradesh, India



The chemical involved in the Bhopal disaster was Methyl isocyanate.A large amount of water entered a tank of of Methyl Isocyanate which was holding 42 tonnes and its containment burst, releasing the chemical in the air Methyl Isocyanate is a colourless liquid which is higly flammable,explosive and toxic especially to human health.It is a chemical used in the making of foam,pesticides, insecticides and plastics.It evaporates quickly in the air.It also begins making people sick even before they can smell the chemical. You can easily come in contact with the chemical if you breathe in the the smoke of tobbacco. Someone could easily explode the transportation vehicle that is being used to transport methyl Isocyanate The effects of Methyl Isocyanate will depend on the concentration of exposure and length of time the person is exposed.exposure to high concetration can damage lungs severely and can lead to death which is what happened at the Bhopal disaster
 * __Question 2 What chemicals were involved?__**

Methyl Isocyanate is bad for the environment because it reacts quickle with water to form carbon dioxide.It can also react with other air pollutants which can cause damage to crops and materials question 3 Describe the impact the disaster had on the environment and people? The Bhopal disaster began 18 years ago during the night of the 2 of December1984 when 42 tonnes of gases leaked from union carbide corporation's pesticide factory in Bhopal in India. People did not know what happened to them, no one told them any thing. Beforeany one know the full impact of the disaster an area of 40 square kilometres, with a resident population of over half a million were engulfed in dense clouds of poison. People woke up in the morning they could not breathe and their eyes were burning. Many fell dead as they ran. Other people went to the hospitals where doctors were over whelmed by the numbers and lacked information about the nature of the poisoning. By the third day of the Bhopal disaster 8,000 people had died from diractexposure to the gases and a further 500,000were alive. Today the number od death stands at 20,000. many more people are reaching hospitals and emergency. The early effects was vomiting and burning sensations in the eyes, nose and throat, and most death have been attributed to respiratory failure. For some people the toxic gas caused such massive internal secretions that there lungs because clogged with fluids. It has been estimated that at least 3000 people died as aresult of this disaster and the people who injured currently from 200.000 to 600.000 with an estimated 500.000 typically quoted. The factory was closed down after the accident.
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**Q4:How did it happen? Who or what caused the disaster? Why did it happen?** The Bhopal disaster was caused by the valve in the plants underground storage tank was under pressure which lead to methyl isocyanate gas and other toxic gases to be leaked in the Union Carbide Factory. At the time the workers were flushing clean water through the pipes but some of the water entered the tank with methyl isocyanate gas and made a reaction which produced pressure to accelerate in the tank which caused it to explode. The gases escaped and spread throughout the city. Some say because of the bad maintenance and leaking pipes it was a possibility for the water to leak out of the tank. The sirens went off and were quickly silenced and most of the citizens of Bhopal did not hear the warning sirens. The gases spread quickly through the the city. The workers in the factory died instantly when the gas got to them and people in the city woke up choking, some of them died. Over a few days later, thousands more people died from the Bhopal disaster, this was the consequence of the disaster. The disaster caused a huge fuss in the whole city and America.

Q5. MALNU In December 1984, a gas leak of approximately forty metric tons of methyl isocynate (MIC) from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India resulted in as many as 3,000 deaths and injuries to thousands, Union carbide of India limited (UCIL) a company controlled by US operated the Bhopal plant. The disaster was caused when a large amount of water entered an (MIC) tank due to mistake during Normal Maintenances procedures.

To fix the problem, they shut down the plant eventually; the land remained as a toxic site and increased amounts of poisonous chemicals which were dumped in there . The government of India took union Carbide to court in India in a civil suit. This solution has only minimal effects, for the government settled out of court for US$470 million, less than a sixth of the intended US$3 billion. This compensation wasn't even enough to cover the medical expenses of the living, let alone make up for the deaths of loved ones. Additionally, much of the money was squandered on government projects in other regions of the country, never to reach those in need. I don’t think it was the best solution, if they want to prevent a "second Bhopal" from happening, I feel that stronger regulation of hazardous chemicals should be instituted within India. Laws must be passed to monitor industrial operations more closely. This would require a change in the Indian government's view of the balance between citizen well being and industrialization.
 * When the factory was closed in 1985–1986, pipes, drums and tanks were cleaned and sold. The MIC and the seven plants are still there, as are storages of different
 * residues. Isolation material is falling down and spreading. in order to provide safe drinking water to the population around the UCC factory, there is a scheme for improvement of water supply
 *  In December 2008, the Madhya Pradesh High Court decided that the toxic waste should be incinerated at [|Ankleshwar]

__**Bibliography...**__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/bhopal/default.stm​ [] www.greenpeace.org/india/news/bhopal-disaster