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The Night the Air Turned to Poison
Episode 9
Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
In December 1984, a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked methyl isocyanate gas into the sleeping city. Over 500,000 people were exposed in a single night. The safety systems that could have prevented it had all been switched off. This is the story of the worst industrial disaster in human history — and the 40-per-person settlement that followed.
Content warning: mass industrial disaster, chemical exposure, death including children.
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