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With reference to the Bhopal Gas Tragedy :
(i) Name the company responsible for the tragedy.
(ii) Identify the poisonous gas that caused this ghastly man made disaster.
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(i) Company responsible — Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), was responsible for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
(ii) Poisonous gas — The gas that caused the disaster was Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), a highly toxic and volatile chemical that leaked from a storage tank at the factory on the night of December 2-3, 1984.
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