The leak of toxic gas from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984 was the worst industrial disaster in history, with the official death toll at nearly 10,000. According to a 1997 report, it has also become a cautionary example of how victims can suffer twice. The vast majority of those injured and the families of those killed waited a decade to get financial compensation, and many remained waiting even longer for money, long-term health care and other help that they deserved.