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Bhopal disaster

Took place on December 3, 1984

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The 42nd anniversary falls on December 3, 2026, in 40 days.

On 3 December 1984, over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, in what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster.

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