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What were the long term effects of Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

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The long term effects of Bhopal Gas Tragedy were-

  1. Thousands of people had succumbed by the morning hours after the leak in the night.
  2. More than 170,000 people were treated at hospitals.
  3. The cause of deaths were choking, reflex organic circulatory collapses and pulmonary oedema.
  4. Findings during autopsies revealed changes not only in lungs but also cerebral oedema and tubular necrosis of the kidneys.
  5. The still birth rate increased upto 300% and neonatal mortality rate by 200%.
  6. UCCS laboratory tests in 1989 revealed that the soil and water samples collected near the factory were toxic to fish. Hence, fish was not considered edible.
  7. The hazardous health concern still continues.

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