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60 minutes. The disaster that wasn't / produced by Deirdre Naphin.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical spills--California--Richmond.
- Chemical spills.
- Class actions (Civil procedure)--Corrupt practices--California.
- Class actions (Civil procedure).
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Disaster that wasn't
- Sixty minutes
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System, 1998.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 60 Minutes discusses a chemical spill that occurred on July 26, 1993 in Richmond, California, a suburb of San Francisco. Sulfuric acid was accidentally released by General Chemical workers unloading a railroad car. A toxic cloud drifted over residential neighborhoods and panic occurred. While 99.5% were not injured, lawyers and agents moved in and urged people to sign lawsuits against General Chemical regardless of whether they were hurt or not. Morely Safer reports.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 15, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 950015511
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