Download or read book A Citizen's Right to Know written by Susan G Hadden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986, after the disastrous accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act. Under this act, many business facilities became subject to new reporting requirements with respect to the presence of hazardous substances. Hadden, an associate professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, conducted surveys relating to this act.