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The gas leaked from a storage tank of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal gas tragedy was_______.

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The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a disaster that resulted from an accident. It happened at a union carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India on 3, December 1984, the plant released 42 tonnes of toxic Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, exposing more than 5,00,000 people to toxic gas.

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