Title: It was five past midnight in Bhopal
First published: 2001
Description: It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Dominique Lapierre brings the hundreds of characters, conflicts, and adventures together in an unforgettable tale of love and hope. Readers will meet the poetry-loving factory worker who unleashes the apocalypse, the young Indian bride who was to be married that terrible night, and the doctors who died that night saving others. It is a gripping, fascinating account that is already mesmerizing readers around the world.
Subjects: Pesticides industry, Accidents, Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Antiquarian, Nonfiction, Sociology, Union Carbide Corporation, Union Carbide Ltd. (India), Environmental aspects of Methyl isocyanate, Industrial toxicology, Methyl isocyanate, Non-fiction, Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India. 1984, Bhopāl, Catastrophe de (1984), Produits chimiques, Catastrophes industrielles, Responsabilité pénale (droit international), Droit international pénal, Droits de l'homme, General, History - General History, Catastrophe de Bhopāl, Bhopāl, Inde, 1984, Bhopal (india)
Places: India, Bhopal
LC classification: HD7269.C452 I525513 2001, HD7269.C452 I525513 2002, HD7269.C452 I5255 2001