NIH MeSH · D055908Humanities

Bhopal Accidental Release

Also known asAccidental Release, Bhopal · Release, Bhopal Accidental · Bhopal Chemical Accident · Accident, Bhopal Chemical · Chemical Accident, Bhopal

Definition

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.

MeSH classification

  • K01.400.504.968.074
  • N06.850.135.195.249

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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D055908) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗