Abstract
The December 1984 gas leak tragedy in Bhopal, India, alerted Americans to the potential for disaster in many chemical plants that use or produce hazardous substances. Last August's toxic gas leak at Union Carbide's Institute, W.Va., facility sent 135 nearby residents to the hospital and brought the message of Bhopal home to many who had previously considered such disasters the exclusive property of the Third World. Now American Broadcasting Co., following up the lesson that it can happen here, has produced a cautionary tale in the form of a television motion picture called Acceptable Risks. The fictional film, broadcast Sunday, March 2, on ABC, portrays a Bhopal-like chemical plant disaster in a medium-sized southern California city. Considering the sensitivity of the subject matter, chemical industry reaction to the movie has been mild. For those readers who missed the broadcast, the story is as follows. Citichem, a large chemical corporation, for 30 years has ...
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