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Old 12-05-2016, 07:48 AM   #447
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr View Post
1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
Jumping down the Wikipedia rabbit hole on this one, I discovered that when humans landed a probe on that comet with the Rosetta spacecraft a couple years ago, the sensors picked up this methyl isocyanate organic compound.
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