methyl isocyanate
noun
: an extremely toxic chemical CH3NCO used especially in the manufacture of pesticides
—abbreviation MIC
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For the first decade, the Bhopal plant imported methyl isocyanate.
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Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Dec. 2024
In Bhopal, a methyl isocyanate gas leak at a pesticide plant spread toxic gas for a 7-kilometer radius, exposing more than half a million people in the city of Bhopal to the gas and led to up to 30,000 deaths in the region.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 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.
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Reuters,
CNN,
7 Jan. 2022
Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal, a tank in a pesticide factory leaked, releasing methyl isocyanate into the night sky.
—
Vidya Krishnan,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2021
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Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Dec. 2024
In Bhopal, a methyl isocyanate gas leak at a pesticide plant spread toxic gas for a 7-kilometer radius, exposing more than half a million people in the city of Bhopal to the gas and led to up to 30,000 deaths in the region.
—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 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.
—
Reuters,
CNN,
7 Jan. 2022
Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal, a tank in a pesticide factory leaked, releasing methyl isocyanate into the night sky.
—
Vidya Krishnan,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2021
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“Methyl isocyanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/methyl%20isocyanate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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