The Nation - News from Jan. 31, 1985

Union Carbide Corp., which reported last month that there were 28 leaks of the deadly chemical methyl isocyanate at its Institute, W.Va., plant in a five-year period, said in a statement there actually were 61 “in-plant losses” of the chemical in that period. None of the releases were extensive enough to come under federal reporting requirements, the company said. Production of methyl isocyanate was suspended at Institute after the Dec. 3 leak of the chemical at a Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed more than 2,000 persons.