# Hekp--Book On The Bhophal India Chemical Diaster?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hekp-book-on-the-bhophal-india-chemical-diaster/263564>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hekp-book-on-the-bhophal-india-chemical-diaster/263564 "2004-09-07T23:59:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hekp-book-on-the-bhophal-india-chemical-diaster/263564/1 "2004-09-07T23:59:57Z")

</div>

Can anyone provide me with a good, readable book on the Union Carbide chemical leak diaster in Bhophal India?

From a historical view, English language, please.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hekp-book-on-the-bhophal-india-chemical-diaster/263564/2 "2004-09-08T00:01:02Z")

</div>

The Title is supposed to read “help”.  
Titles don’t show up on previews. :o

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hekp-book-on-the-bhophal-india-chemical-diaster/263564/3 "2004-09-08T04:38:29Z")

</div>

[_Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446690783/002-6566124-6295227?v=glance).

Hope this hekps. 😉

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hekp-book-on-the-bhophal-india-chemical-diaster/263564/4 "2004-09-08T11:32:07Z")

</div>

(aside) My college Girlfriend’s father was a lawyer for Union Carbide, and he got that phone call in the middle of the night and was gone for days.