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60 Minutes, The Disaster That Wasn't
presented by Steve Kroft, 1945-; produced by Deirdre Naphin Curran, fl. 2001-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1998), 14 mins
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 injure...
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presented by Steve Kroft, 1945-; produced by Deirdre Naphin Curran, fl. 2001-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1998), 14 mins
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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....
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.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Deirdre Naphin Curran, fl. 2001-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System
Author / Creator
Steve Kroft, 1945-, Morley Safer, 1931-2016
Date Published / Released
1998-08-09
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System
Series
60 Minutes
Topic / Theme
Trials and litigation, Pollutants, Chemical industry, Climate and the Environment, Disease and Health
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 by Columbia Broadcasting System
Subject
Trials and litigation, Pollutants, Chemical industry
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