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The Bhopal disaster occurred at a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide India Ltd., a subsidiary of [[Union Carbide]], in 1984. A gas cloud containing methyl isocyanate and other chemicals spread to the neighborhoods near the plant where more than half a million people lived. The government of [[Madhya Pradesh]] confirmed 3,787 deaths related to the gas release, although other estimates place the amount of deaths between 10,000 and 20,000 people.<ref>Eckerman, Ingrid (2005). [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0FqO8XKy9NRZDNzTkZQeVJQbE0/edit?pli=1&resourcekey=0-AQV8IQqhWZocx_FV5bq11w The Bhopal Saga—Causes and Consequences of the World's Largest Industrial Disaster]. India: Universities Press. doi:10.13140/2.1.3457.5364. ISBN 978-81-7371-515-0. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2014.</ref> The leak caused 558,125 injuries, including 38,478 temporary partial injuries and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.first14.com/bhopal-gas-tragedy-92-injuries-termed-minor-822.html|title=Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 92% injuries termed "minor"|access-date=26 June 2010|newspaper=First14 News|date=21 June 2010|author=AK Dubey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624104141/http://www.first14.com/bhopal-gas-tragedy-92-injuries-termed-minor-822.html|archive-date=24 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Union Carbide was sued by the [[Government of India]] and agreed to an out-of-court settlement of US$470 million in 1989. Dow Chemical acquired Union Carbide in 2001. Activists want Dow Chemical to clean up the site which is now controlled by the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].