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Which of the following gas leaked in the Bhopal Gas tragedy in December 1984?
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- Methyl isocyanate
- Methyl isochlorate
- Methyl phosphate
- Methyl isopropate
- Methyl isocyanate
Correct Option: A
In the gas tragedy that occurred at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on 2-3 December 1984, over 500,000 people were exposed to toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals. An estimated 10,000 or more people died.
