GENETIC ASSESSMENT OF UNION CARBIDE GAS TRAGEDY IN BHOPAL. I : EFFECTS ON SOMATIC CHROMOSOMES AND HAEMOGLOBIN
H.K GOSWAMI *
Department of Genetics, Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
CHARANJEET GURON *
Department of Genetics, Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
NAMRATA JAIN *
Department of Genetics, Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
INDIRA GOSWAMI *
Department of Genetics, Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Methy1 Isocyanate gas (and other) liberation in Bhopal has resulted into chromosome aberrations (somatic) in some patients who inhaled the gas in midnight of 2nd December 1984. The patients who have deep seated suffocation and chest pain have shown relatively higher number of foetal cells, if present, than expected in normal adult haemoglobin. Multidisciplinary studies are in progress.
Keywords: UCG Tragedy after effets, MIC toxicity, Cytotoxicity testing, haemoglobin damage