FIGURE 57.6 The chemical disaster in Bhopal, India. (a) In 1984, a massive release of methyl isocyanate gas killed and injured thousands of people. (b) Retrospective studies that followed the survivors of the accident have identified a large number of longer-term health effects from the accident.

(Data from P. Cullinan, S.D. Acquilla, and V.R. Dhara, Long-term morbidity in survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, National Medical Journal of India, Jan.–Feb. (1996) 9(1):5–10. Photo by AFP/Getty Images.)