Description |
32 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Series |
Emergency! |
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Emergency! (Mankato, Minn.)
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Bibliography |
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. |
Subject |
Chemicals -- Accidents -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Chemical spills -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Industrial accidents -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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ISBN |
9781848379510 library binding alkaline paper |
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184837951X library binding alkaline paper |
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