Bhopal : The Lessons of a Tragedy, Auckland in Auckland, Auckland for sale

pp 230. Front cover has about inch square abraded&bottom of spine at front about half inch tear. Previous owner's name&date on ffep. Otherwise very clean and tight.'Almost half-an-hour after midnight on 2 December 1984, the world's worst industrial disaster occurred when a storage tank containing a lethal chemical, at the Union Carbide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal, leaked its contents. Over 2,500 people died of exposure to the poisonous gases the ruptured tank vented and thousands of others were injured. Those who lived continue to suffer a variety of ailments brought on by the gas. Meanwhile the government of India and Union Carbide keep battling it out in the courts, each trying to blame the other for the disaster. WQho was really resp[onsible for the disater? Was it an accident or was it sabotage? Who will eventually get the billions of dollars in compensation being fought over in the cxourts? Are there more Bhopals waiting to happen?'.
Author
Sanjoy Hazarika
Title
Bhopal : The Lessons of a Tragedy
Publisher name
Penguin Books, New Dehli Etc
Shipping time
3 - 7 days
Publication year
1987
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Booked
Vendor rating
Key words
Nonfiction, India, Bhopal, Union Carbide Company, Poisoning, Death, Chemical Politics, Current Affairs, History
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