The Bhopal syndrome. David Weir.

Includes index.

This book is not only about Bhopal, the city in India that saw thousands killed, hundreds of thousands maimed by a chemical plant accident in 1984. It is also about the conditions that make Bhopals happen. Weir describes factories in Indonesia, Brazil, and Taiwan just waiting to duplicate the Indian experience. Much of Weir's material was gathered through interviews with workers, government officials, plant managers, and local residents. In short, punchy chapters he deals with such issues as relationships between multinational firms seeking new markets and Third World governments striving for industrializaiton. He also warns against the new biotechnologies and their potential for harm. The book ends with a moving account, by reporter Claude Alvares, of Bhopal in the aftermath of the disaster.