A great film to screen in West Virginia considering. In 2008, an explosion at the Bayer CropScience chemical production plant in Institute, West Virginia, resulted in the deaths of two employees, a fire within the production unit, and extensive damage to nearby structures. Bayer facility manufactured and stored methyl isocyanate, ( MIC—a volatile, highly toxic chemical used in the production of carbamate pesticides and the agent responsible for thousands of deaths in Bhopal, India, in 1984.) In the Institute incident, debris from the blast hit the shield surrounding a MIC storage tank, and although the container was not damaged, an investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found that the debris could have struck a relief valve vent pipe and caused the release of MIC to the atmosphere. - The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology; Divison of Earth and Life Studies; National Research Council
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