On Dec. 3, 1984, one of the worst industrial accidents in history occurred when a toxic gas leaked from a tank of methyl isocyanate (MIC) at a Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) insecticide plant. Over 6,000 persons have died as a result of this incident.
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- Union Carbide: Bhopal Facts about the disaster including relief and aid provided, the Browning report and a case study of the incident. Investigation of the tragedy at Bhopal concludes that a disgruntled employee caused the disaster.
- Bhopal.net On the gas disaster, accounts of similar tragedies, the companies involved, and survivor stories.
- Essential Action: Bhopal Bhopal pages at the Essental Action site; campaign to end corporate assaults on human health and the environment.
- Bhopal.org The Bhopal medical appeal for the victims of the 1984 Union Carbide accident in India.
- Corp Watch A partial chronology of Union Carbide's Bhopal disaster. This site has a number of articles on the tragedy.
- Students for Bhopal An international student campaign to win justice for the victims of the disaster.