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INFOGRAPHIC: 30 years of night

The pesticide factory of the US company Union Carbide Corporation suffered a deadly gas leak that seeped through the city streets at ground level.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 30 years of night
Alberto Lucas López

In the early hours of December 3, 1984 a toxic cloud invaded the city of Bhopal in central India.  Those that woke tried to flee in the midst of the ensuing chaos, but for many it was too late. Today, survivors live together with the third generation, still suffering from the fallout of that night

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