A concise account of the events surrounding the 1986 catastrophe at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant typically includes the sequence of events leading to the explosion of Reactor 4, the immediate aftermath... Read more »
The December 1984 gas leak from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, is considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes. Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other... Read more »
A concise overview of the events surrounding the April 20, 2010, explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico typically covers the immediate consequences, such as... Read more »
A concise account of the 1984 industrial accident in Bhopal, India, typically covers the accidental release of methyl isocyanate gas from a Union Carbide pesticide plant, the immediate and long-term health consequences... Read more »