Pulse Of Your Health

  Welcome to my blog! Today I'm going to talk about a very important topic that affects millions of people in India: the long-term health effects of the Bhopal gas tragedy.  You might have heard of the Bhopal gas tragedy, but do you know what actually happened and how it impacted the lives of the survivors and their families? Well, let me give you a quick recap. The Bhopal gas tragedy occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984, when a leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) killed thousands of people and injured hundreds of thousands more in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It was one of the worst industrial disasters in history that still haunts the victims to this day. The leak was caused by a series of negligence and safety failures by the UCIL management and staff, who ignored the warnings and signs of trouble in the plant. The MIC gas was highly toxic and corrosive, causing severe damage to the eyes, lungs...