Outside the walls of Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant could be found Select one: a. new roads and utilities b. the smell of methyl isocyanate c. crowded squatters’ dwellings d. a small military base

The answer is B). The smell of methyl isocyanate

Explanation: Union Carbide has a plant in Bhopal, India. They are known to produce pesticides. One of the biggest industrial accident happened there when they release approximately 40 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, exposing more than 500,000 people to toxic gases. It leads to thousands of deaths.

b. the smell of methyl isocyanate

Explanation: The smell of methyl isocyanate outside of the walls of the Union Carbide Bhopal plant was as a result of the disaster that occurred on December 3, 1984, where more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas was leaked from the pesticide plant. This immediately killing at least 3,800 people, causing significant morbidity and premature death thousands more. While the disaster indicated a need for enforceable international standards for environmental safety, the events in Bhopal revealed that expanding industrialization in developing countries such as India, without a simultaneous evolution in safety regulations could have catastrophic consequences.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.