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Bhopal Disaster

Books on: union carbide

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Learning from Disaster: Risk Management after Bhopal

Book by Sheila Jasanoff; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994

Subjects:

Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Technology And State, Technology--Risk Assessment, Technology--Social Aspects

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...Technology--Social aspects. 4. Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India...The Restructuring of Union Carbide 22 Wil...lethal gas leak that occurred at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal...
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Shared Vulnerability: The Media and American Perceptions of the Bhopal Disaster

Book by Lee Wilkins; Greenwood Press, 1987

Subjects:

Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Public Opinion, Disasters--Press Coverage--United States, Fiction, Public Opinion--United States

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"This book chronicles the American media's coverage of the 1984 chemical spill in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath in the US. It explains how the press reported about Bhopal and examines journalism's subsequent influence on public perceptions about technological safety. . . . It is an excellent ...
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"This book chronicles the American media's coverage of the 1984 chemical spill in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath in the US. It explains how the press reported about Bhopal and examines journalism's subsequent influence on public perceptions about technological safety. . . . It is an excellent addition to university collections in science writing, journalism criticism, and mass media research and should be useful to undergraduates at all levels." Choice
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Policing the European Union

Book by Malcolm Anderson, Monica den Boer, Peter Cullen, William Gilmore, Charles Raab, Neil Walker; Clarendon Press, 1995

Subjects:

Police Administration--European Union Countries, Police--European Union Countries, Police--International Cooperation

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International co-operation in criminal law enforcement has become an important policy issue for Europe in the 1990s. This book examines all of the major empirical and theoretical issues associated with the emerging pattern of co-operation, including the harmonization of criminal law and criminal ...
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International co-operation in criminal law enforcement has become an important policy issue for Europe in the 1990s. This book examines all of the major empirical and theoretical issues associated with the emerging pattern of co-operation, including the harmonization of criminal law and criminal procedures, law enforcement strategies, police organization and discipline, and the politics of immigration and civil liberties.
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Soviet Union: Paradox and Change

Book by Robert T. Holt, John E. Turner; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963

Subjects:

Soviet Union

Collections: History, Entire Library

SOVIET UNION SOVIET UNION PARADOX AND CHANGE Robert T. Holt and John E. Turner Editors...with one exception, 1 brought together by a trip to the Soviet Union in 1958. But this book is not a report of a visit; indeed, in many...
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The Government of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union

Book by Melvin Rothbaum; Wiley, 1962

Subjects:

Oil, Chemical, And Atomic Workers International Union

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Government of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union ONE OF A SERIES OF STUDIES OF COMPARATIVE UNION GOVERNMENTS EDITED BY WALTER GALENSON FOR...Government of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Melvin Rothbaum Institute of Labor and...

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Journal Articles on: union carbide

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Defining the Boundaries of "Personal Injury": Rainer V. Union Carbide Corp

Journal article by Maya Sen; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 58, 2006

Subjects:

Personal injuries--Remedies, Rainer v. Union Carbide Corp.--402 F.3d 608 (6th Cir. 2005), Toxic torts--Laws, regulations and rules

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...of "Personal Injury": Rainer V. Union Carbide Corp. by Maya Sen INTRODUCTION...Court of Appeals in Rainer v. Union Carbide Corp. (5) a case of first impression...Rainer defendants. See Rainer v. Union Carbide Corp., No. 03-6032, 2005 U.S...
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The Bhopal Incident and Union Carbide: Ramifications of an Industrial Accident

Journal article by Ashok Bhargava; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 18, 1986

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Asia

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The Bhopal Incident and Union Carbide: Ramifications of an Industrial...history occurred there at the Union Carbide plant. The incident was reported...The affected parties include: Union Carbide Corporation, U.S.A. (UCC), Union...
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Crimes of Bhopal and the Global Campaign for Justice

Journal article by Satinath Sarangi; Social Justice, Vol. 29, 2002

Subjects:

Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--Environmental aspects, Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--Political aspects, Chemical industry--Environmental aspects, Chemical industry--Political aspects, Criminal liability of juristic persons, Union Carbide Corp.--Environmental policy, Union Carbide Corp.--Social policy, Workplace accidents--Political aspects

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...THE CHEMICAL DISASTER AT THE UNION Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India...are dead or too sick to work. Union Carbide simply abandoned the factory...diseases (Labunska et al., 1999). Union Carbides own report on the contamination...
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Developing Corporate Codes of Ethics in Multinational Firms: Bhopal Revisited

Journal article by Chris Robertson, Paul A. Fadil; Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 10, 1998

Subjects:

Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Analysis, Business ethics--Research, International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects

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...majority owner was a U.S. firm: Union Carbide. Many questions have been raised about how Union Carbides safety standards and codes of...died if this accident occurred at Union Carbides identical factory at Institute...
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The Movement in Bhopal and Its Lessons

Journal article by Satinath Sarangi; Social Justice, Vol. 23, 1996

Subjects:

Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Environmental aspects, Environmental associations--Political activity

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...found themselves surrounded by Union Carbides poison clouds and ran in panic...people exposed to the poisons from Union Carbides pesticide factory on December 2...survivors at the factory gates of Union Carbide on the morning of the disaster...

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Magazine Articles on: union carbide

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To Union Carbide, Life Is Cheap: Bhopal - Ten Years Later

Magazine article by Joshua Karliner; The Nation, Vol. 259, December 12, 1994

Subjects:

Bhopal, India--Accidents, Chemical industry--Accidents, Union Carbide Corp.--Accidents

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To Union Carbide, Life Is Cheap: Bhopal - Ten Years Later...graffiti scrawled on the old, dilapidated Union Carbide factory gates and the monument to the...Munoz, who was the managing director of Union Carbide India Limited (U.C.I.L.) when the Bhopal...
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Bhopal Court Upholds Criminal Charges against Former Union Carbide CEO

Magazine article by Radhika Sarin; World Watch, Vol. 15, November 2002

Subjects:

Anderson, Warren--Cases, Chemical industry--Cases, Chemical spills--Cases, Chief executive officers--Cases, Union Carbide Corp.--Cases

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...criminal charges against former Union Carbide CEO by Radhika Sarin...Warren Anderson, who was the CEO of Union Carbide in 1984 when the companys pesticide...embarrassing Dow Chemical, which acquired Union Carbide in 2001. According to Nityanand...
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Technology out of Control

Magazine article by Robert Engler; The Nation, Vol. 240, April 27, 1985

Subjects:

Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Analysis, Chemical industry--Safety and security measures, Developing countries--Influence, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Accidents, Leak detectors--Usage, Methyl isocyanate--Accidents, Pesticides industry--Accidents, Poisonous gases--Accidents, Technology transfer--International aspects, Toxic torts--International aspects, Union Carbide Corp.--Accidents, developing countries--Influence, technology transfer--International aspects

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...a toxic cloud escaping from a Union Carbide pesticide plant brought death...Unaccustomed to the spotlight, Union Carbide took the precaution of closing...years. All of them were minor, Union Carbide spokesmen assured the public...
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Bhopal's Legacy

Magazine article by Mark Hertsgaard; The Nation, Vol. 278, May 24, 2004

Subjects:

Activists--Achievements and awards, Activists--Demonstrations and protests, Bee, Rashida--Achievements and awards, Bee, Rashida--Demonstrations and protests, Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--Ethical aspects, Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--History, Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--Investigations, Chemical industry--Accidents, Chemical industry--History, Disasters--History, Disasters--India, Disasters--United States, Legal liability, Liability (Law), Political activists--Achievements and awards, Political activists--Demonstrations and protests, Reformers--Achievements and awards, Reformers--Demonstrations and protests, Shukla, Devi--Achievements and awards, Shukla, Devi--Demonstrations and protests, Social reformers--Achievements and awards, Social reformers--Demonstrations and protests, Union Carbide Corp.--Accidents, Union Carbide Corp.--History

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...despised because he was the CEO of Union Carbide on December 3, 1984, when an explosion...are leading the fight to hold Union Carbide and its new owner, Dow Chemical...is considered safe. Neither Union Carbide nor Dow has ever faced trial for...
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Bhopal Is for Lawyers

Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 37, January 11, 1985

Subjects:

Attorneys--Practice, Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Analysis, Lawyers--Practice, Legal liability--Analysis, Union Carbide Corp.--Accidents, liability (law)--Analysis

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...packages. We send lawyers. ""Get Union Carbide is the slogan, announced tort...The prospective lynching of the Union Carbide Corporation is merely the logical...liability. Under this standard, Union Carbide loses even if the leak turns out...

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Newspaper Articles on: union carbide

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Narrative of Disaster Explores Bhopal's Pain; Book on Indian City's 1984 Gas Tragedy Raises Concerns

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 22, 2002

Subjects:

Chemical industry, Union Carbide Corp.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...last chairman of the now-defunct Union Carbide Corp., which ran the plant, dropped...ended six human lives." The Union Carbide story opens in a village in Orissa...and the spectacular growth of Union Carbide. When the insecticide DDT was...
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James C. Arvantes, 74, Veteran, Patent Lawyer

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 17, 1999

Subjects:

Chemical industry, Union Carbide Corp.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...veteran and patent attorney for Union Carbide Corp., died of congestive heart...University in 1952. In 1954, he joined Union Carbide, beginning a career that spanned...corporations. He was assigned to Union Carbide headquarters in New York City...
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Hold-Ups That Plague Dow's Carbide Deal

Newspaper article; Sunday Business (London, England), January 14, 2001

Subjects:

Basell Polyolefins

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Chemical announced its acquisition of Union Carbide to create the worlds second-largest...the reasons Dow wanted to buy Union Carbide was because of its proprietary...consultant. Dows merger with Union Carbide, however, has upset the balance...
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Ford-Jaguar Union Proves Skeptics Wrong

Newspaper article by Herb Shuldiner; The Washington Times, September 20, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Ford-Jaguar union proves skeptics wrong by Herb Shuldiner Not too many years...the luxury-car builder. These include sinter-forged connecting rods, carbide-coated cylinder bores and vinyl cam covers. Aluminum cylinder heads...
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EU Deals Final Blow to GE on Merger

Newspaper article by Carter Dougherty; The Washington Times, July 4, 2001

Subjects:

Electrical equipment and supplies industry, European Union. European Commission, General Electric Co., Honeywell International Inc., Welch, John F., Jr.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...receives the 150-page "statement of obligations" from the European Union. June 8 - Talks hit a snag after EU officials ask GE to spin...France), Wacker Chemie (Germany), Nom (Netherlands) - Silicon carbide June 26, 1997: Blokker (Netherlands), Toys "R" Us Dutch Operations...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: union carbide

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Bhopal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...historical and archaeological interest in Bhopal and nearby. In Dec., 1984, a cloud of methyl isocynate gas escaped from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. An estimated 3,000 to 7,000 died immediately, 15,000 to 20,000 died from the effects in the years...
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Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...been dramatically underscored by such events as the evacuation of Love Canal (1978), the chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal , the oil spills from the tankers Exxon Valdez in Alaska (1989), Braer off the Shetland Islands...
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Chemical Industry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...regulation and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (1972). The leakage of toxic chemicals at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal , India (1984), was the worst industrial disaster in history and heightened public concern about...
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Niobium

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...large amounts of niobium have been used in the U.S. space program. Niobium carbide is used in cutting tools. The name niobium was officially adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in 1949; the name columbium (symbol...

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