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The toxic gas that leaked during the Bhopal gas tragedy was .

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potassium isocyanate
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chroloflurocarbons
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ethyl thiocyanate
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methyl isocyanate
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Solution

The correct option is D methyl isocyanate
Bhopal gas tragedy took place on 2 December 1984. 27 tons of lethal gases including methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from Union Carbide’s pesticide factory, forming a deadly cloud of gases over the city. Many people died and those who survived were left with severely affected lungs, brain, eyes, muscles, gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive and immune systems.

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