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Today in History: December 3, toxic gas leak kills thousands in Bhopal

Also on this day, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing

India slum residents blinded by a toxic gas leak that killed 20,000 people and injured 300,000
Victims who lost sight after the Bhopal tragedy are seen on December 04, 1984 in Bhopal where a poison gas leak from the Union Carbide factory killed 20000 persons and injured around 300000. The tragedy occurred when a storage tank at a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide exploded and poured cyanide gas into the air, immediately killing more than 3,500 slum dwellers. On background is the site of the factory. (Photo by AFP FILES / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP FILES/AFP via Getty Images)
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A cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and more than 500,000 injuries.

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