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methyl isocyanate

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noun

  1. Chemistry. a highly toxic, flammable, colorless liquid, CH 3 NCO, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of pesticides: in 1984, the accidental release of a cloud of this gas in Bhopal, India, killed more than 1700 people and injured over 200,000.


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The Union Carbide chemical plant, which manufactured the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, was leaking.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

"The methyl isocyanate gas affected respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, ophthalmic, endocrine and reproductive systems, and it damaged human chromosomes."

From Salon Jun. 17, 2023

India suffered the world's worst industrial disaster in 1984 when methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory owned by American Union Carbide Corporation in the city of Bhopal, killing more than 5,000 people.

From Reuters Jan. 6, 2022

On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.

From Washington Times Dec. 3, 2020

Four of them, methyl isocyanate, acetone, propionaldehyde and acetamide, had not been seen on comets before.

From The Guardian Jul. 30, 2015

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