Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents:
Chemicals and their dangers -- Dealing with chemical spills -- Texas City, Texas,1947 -- Minimata, Japan, 1953/1966 -- Feyzin, France, 1966 -- Flixborough, UK, 1974 -- Seveso, Italy, 1976 -- Bhopal, India, 1984 -- Bhopal, India: killer cloud -- Schweizerhalle, Switzerland, 1986 -- Toulouse, France, 2001 -- Guangxi, China, 2008 -- Learning the lessons.
Summary:
Explains chemical accidents and describes the impact they have on human lives. Demonstrates the effects of a chemical accident using a chronological selection of historical and recent accidents such as Texas City and Guangxi, China. Includes primary source information and eyewitness accounts.
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