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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bhopal gas tragedy among world's 'major' accidents of 20th century: UN report

Bhopal gas tragedy among world's 'major' accidents of 20th century: UN report

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published Published on Apr 20, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 20, 2019
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According to recent estimates released by the ILO, each year 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases (of which 2.4 million are disease-related).

The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world’s “major industrial accidents” of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year.

The report released by the UN labour agency International Labour Organization (ILO) said in 1984, at least 30 tons of methyl isocyanate gas, which was released from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Madhya Pradesh capital, affected more than 600,000 workers and nearby inhabitants.

“The Government figures estimate that there have been 15,000 deaths as a result of the disaster over the years. Toxic material remains and thousands of survivors and their descendants have suffered from respiratory diseases and from damage to internal organs and immune systems,” it said.

The report titled ‘The Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work – Building on 100 years of experience’ said the Bhopal disaster was among the world’s “major industrial accidents after 1919”.

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The Indian Express, 20 April, 2019, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhopal-gas-tragedy-among-worlds-major-accidents-of-20th-century-un-report-5685487/


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