The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Just after midnight, on the night of 2nd/ 3rd December 1984, a catastrophic gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India saw the beginning of the worst industrial disaster in history. It has come to be known as the Hiroshima of the chemical industry.

40 tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate gas, used in the manufacture of the pesticide Sevin, spewed from the plant into the surrounding areas. The effect on the people living in the shanty settlements, just over the fence, was immediate and devastating.

Many died in their beds, others staggered from their homes, blinded and choking, to die in the street. Many more died later after reaching hospitals and emergency aid centres. The best, accepted estimates say that 8-10,000 people died within the first 72 hours.

Since that day at least another 15,000 people have died as a result of their exposure to the toxic gas and another 120,000 have chronic medical conditions that require constant healthcare.

We have written a song because we were so moved by the people of Bhopal's struggle, with so little assisatnce, to continue to help those affected by the leak - from those born with birth defects to those whose mental health could never recover from the disaster that has stilll left toxic chemicals lying on the ground, leaching into the very water that the people need to survive.

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Thank you.