Around midnight on Dec. 2, 1984, an accident at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, resulted in 45 tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate escaping from the facility.

1984年12月2日午夜，位于印度博帕尔的联合碳化物公司的农药厂发生事故，导致45吨的有毒异氰酸甲酯从设备中泄露。

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In 1984 there was a serious accident at a factory in India and a cloud of dangerous gas covered the town of Bhopal.

1984年在印度的工厂有一个严重的事故和危险气体的云覆盖了博帕尔的小镇。

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In recent years, the Indian government has sought more compensation for the victims, but Dow Chemical has denied responsibility for any additional payments, saying the Bhopal accident occurred 17 years before it acquired stock in Union Carbide in 2001.

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