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Union Carbide was a huge, well-intentioned American corporation that invented a miracle pesticide. In the Indian city of Bhopal they built a giant plant to process it. But at five past midnight on December 3, 1984, toxic gas leaked into the night air and was blown into the heavily populated city. By dawn, over a half-million Bhopalis would be poisoned, and between sixteen and thirty thousand would die in agony. Weaving the stories of hundreds of American and Indian participants and eyewitness accounts into one unforgettable human tapestry, this book is a must-read for everyone who cares about the world and its people. Book jacket.