Bhopal Tragedy - Reagan Pearl and Chris Seo

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Methyl Isocyanate
Carbaryl
15,000 - 20,000 Dead
500,000
Injured
Methyl Isocyanate can affect you when breathed in and by passing through your skin. 
Methyl Isocyanate may cause mutations. Handle with extreme caution.
Contact can irritate and burn the skin and eyes, and may cause permanent eye damage. 
Breathing Methyl Isocyanate can irritate the nose and throat. 
Breathing Methyl Isocyanate can irritate the lungs causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher exposures can cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency, with severe shortness of breath. 
Methyl Isocyanate may cause an asthma-like allergy. Future exposure can cause asthma attacks with shortness of breath, wheezing, cough, and/or chest tightness.
Methyl Isocyanate is a FLAMMABLE and REACTIVE chemical and a FIRE and EXPLOSION HAZARD. 
Methyl Isocyanate is a DOT Poison Inhalation Hazard (PIH). 
MIC
How did this event even happen?
2 PSI
10 PSI
40 PSI
Runaway Reaction
UnstableAccelerates reaction rateIncreases temperature
30 Tonnes of MIC
Methylamine
Phosgene
Methyl Isocyanate
1-Naphthol
Carbaryl
Methyl Isocyanate
Isocyanate
Functional
Group
Isocyanates
Highly reactiveLow molecular weightStrong irritants
3 Months
Methylamine
1-Naphthol
Phosgene
1-Naphthyl Chloroformate
Methylamine
Carbaryl
Thanks For Watching!
Methyl Isocyanate
45 - 60 Minutes
Sevin (AKA Carbaryl)
42.02 g/mol
What Is Happening Now?
$470 million
How Is This Problem Solved Now?
Carbaryl
Methylamine
Phosgene
1-Naphthol
What Was The Bhopal Tragedy?

Bhopal Tragedy - Reagan Pearl and Chris Seo

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