Group members: Ain Yvonne Francis (Effect) Nur Iwani binti Mohamad Rozi (Intro) Siti Zuraida Mohamad (Recommendation) Nur Asilah binti Jamil (Cause) Ahmad Busra Mohd Zain (Moral Value) Group: ED 247 5B Prepared for School Science Class

1. BHOPAL
DISASTER

2. INTRODUCTION
BHOPAL
TRAGEDY

3. INTRODUCTION
Bhopal is a city in central
India and the capital of
the state of Madhya
Pradesh.
About 360 miles south
from Indian capital, New
Delhi.
In 1984, Bhopal’s
population was only 850
000 people. Half a
million of people were
exposed to the deadly
chemicals due to the gas
leak tragedy in
December 1984.

4. INTRODUCTION
Union Carbide
factory
Bhopal gas disaster was
a gas leak incident in
Bhopal, India,
considered as world’s
worst industrial
disaster.
It happened at night on 2
December 1984 to 3
December 1984. This took
place at the Union Carbide
India Limited (UCIL)
pesticide plant factory.
Gases exposed to the
surrounding were methyl
isocyanate (MIC) and other
toxic chemicals.

5. INTRODUCTION
It was reported that 3 787 deaths due to the gas
released and 558 125 injuries including permanent
and severe injuries.

6. CAUSE

7. CAUSE
1. Water went
through MIC
tank
2. Safety Device
non-functional
3. Shoddy
maintenance
4. The knowledge
of the workers

8. EFFECT

9. o Death of thousands people and animal.
oToxin founded in the breast milk of nursing mothers.
oThe survivors suffer from debilitating conditions
oThe following generations suffer from respiratory, neurologic,
psychiatric and ophthalmic symptoms.
o Babies born with physical and mental deformities.
o Water contaminated

10. MORAL
VALUE

12. RECOMMENDATIO
N

13. RECOMMENDATION
• Local governments clearly cannot allow
industrial facilities to be situated within
urban areas
• Government of india should have enforced
strong policies regarding company
operations and its security system.
• Enhance worker and community rights to
know about chemical hazards
• Industry and government need to bring
proper financial support to local

14. CONCLUSION
• The bhopal disaster has gone down in history as one
of the world’s worst industrial accident to ever occur.
Thousands of people lost their lives, countless others
injured, and the environment contaminated due
numerous bad decisions among those who owned the
plant.
• There are several other industries till now working
only for their profit, ignore the safety of people in it
and around it.
• The government should take necessary steps to
control these industries so that no other disaster
occurs.

15. REFERENCES
• Roli Varma, 2005. The Bhopal Disaster of
1984. Bulletin of Science, Technology &
Society, 25(1), pp 37-45.
• S. Sriramachari, 2004. The Bhopal gas
tragedy: An environmental disaster.
Current Science, 86(7), pp 906-920.

16. • http://www.bhopal.net/old_studentsforbh
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• http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-
conditions/how-the-bhopal-gas-
tragedy-is-still-affecting-thousands/
• http://www.tropical-rainforest-
animals.com/bhopal-disaster.html