Question

Name the gases released during the Bhopal tragedy in 1984.

Answer 1

Pollution is a very major issue of our environment; there are many type of pollution that causes harm to the environment like; water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution. The air pollution is caused due to the release of many harmful gases in the environment.

Complete answer:
To answer this question, we have to first know about pollution and its types in detail. There are different sources of pollution and each has a particular effect on the environment and living organisms. The pollution is not caused just because of carbon emissions and fossil fuels, but there are many more pollution including chemical pollution in water bodies and soil due to improper disposal of agriculture activities and release of chemicals. The air pollution is one of the major environmental pollution that we face.
The air pollution is divided into primary and secondary pollution. The primary solutions are released directly from the source while the secondary pollution produced when primary pollutants react in the environment. For example; the burning of fossil fuels for electricity production and running of transportation are both primary as well as secondary pollutants and the biggest source of air pollution. The fumes released from the car contain many dangerous gases like nitrogen oxide, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide. These gases when rise into the atmosphere react with the atmospheric gases and form very toxic gases.
Hydrocarbons are one of the major causes of pollution. They are non-biodegradable compounds and are the secondary pollutants. The hydrocarbons are produced either due to incomplete combustion of fuel or sometimes naturally. These gases are released due to the increase in the industrialisation near cities and urban areas.
Now, the Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy is the disaster cause because of the leakage of gases on 2nd and 3rd December, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plants in Bhopal. The highly toxic substance gets released in the air and harms the towns and area located near the plant. The chemical process takes place in a Bhopal plant that has methylamine that reacts with phosgene to produce MIC, after the leakage it reacts with 1-naphthol and forms carbaryl that is highly toxic. This causes a huge loss of human life and cattles due to this toxic gas released.

Note: Ammonia is a primary pollutant found in air produce from agricultural activities. These compounds when enter in the air as a gas they get combined with the pollutants like sulphates and nitrogen oxides that are used to produce aerosols and cause air pollution.