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Preferred term

Bhopal Accidental Release  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Accident, Bhopal Chemical
  • Bhopal Chemical Accident
  • Chemical Accident, Bhopal

Note

  • coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent

Scope note

  • 1984 accident in Bhopal, INDIA at a PESTICIDES facility, resulting when WATER entered a storage tank containing ISOCYANATES. The following accidental chemical release and uncontrolled reaction resulted in several thousand deaths.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055908

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