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RECORD NUMBER: 54 OF 501Main Title | Bhopal : chemical plant accident / | |||||||||||
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Author | Bryan, Nichol | |||||||||||
Publisher | World Almanac, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2004 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | 1192918 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 52203015 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0836855035 (lib. bdg.) 0836855108 (softcover) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Juvenile literature ; Chemical plants--India--Bhopal--Accidents--Juvenile literature ; Chemical plants--Accidents--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature ; Methyl isocyanate--Toxicology--India--Bhopal--Juvenile literature ; Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984 ; Chemical industry--Accidents ; Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal (India), 1984--Juvenile literature--sears ; Chemical industry--Bhopal (India)--Accidents--Juvenile literature--sears ; Chemical industry--Accidents--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature--sears ; Methyl isocyanate--Toxicology--Juvenile literature--sears | |||||||||||
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Collation | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction: Death in the night -- Beautiful plant -- Worst has happened -- Chaos and panic -- Grief turns to rage -- Time line. Presents an account of the 1984 chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath. Presents an account of the 1984 chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath. Death came at midnight for victims of a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India, on December 3, 1984. The airborne leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant killed more than three thousand people and permanently injured thousands more. Explore the causes behind the world's deadliest industry-related environmental disaster and the ongoing efforts to deal with the human and natural damage it caused. |