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In the mid-1980s, an accident at the Union Carbide pesticides plant in Bhopal, India released the toxic gas methylisocyanate (MIC) in that densely populated region, killing more than 4000 people and injuring 500,000 others. Even today, many people in Bhopal are affected by illnesses related to that earlier exposure. This notorious industrial disaster not only forced scientists to pay greater attention to identifying and handling of hazardous chemicals but also prompted greater awareness of those common industrial products that contain hazard pollutants.
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Xie, M., Simpson, D. (1998). Categorical Exposure-Response Regression Analysis of Toxicology Experiments. In: Nychka, D., Piegorsch, W.W., Cox, L.H. (eds) Case Studies in Environmental Statistics. Lecture Notes in Statistics, vol 132. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2226-2_7
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