"There are few more glaring cases of the developed world abusing the developing world and getting away with murder than Union Carbide's rape of Bhopal."
THE INDEPENDENT 29 August 2002		   "No certainty as to where Union Carbide ends and nature begins"
CHANNEL 4 TV NEWS, JON SNOW'S REPORT ON BIRTH DEFECTS IN BHOPAL, 1 August 2002

"Shortly after the incident, the Wall Street Journal's Barry Neuman wrote that Indians don't expect compensation for lives lost in the Bhopal poisonous gas leak because "the certainty of reincarnation satisfies the Hindus; for the Muslims, what God wills, God wills."
ABC NEWS 4 September 2002 		  "The state of the Union Carbide plant is a disgrace. When the company finally left the city in 1999, it left behind around 5,000 tonnes of process and waste chemicals - toxins that have leached into the soil and water in and around the factory."
THE GUARDIAN 21 September 2002

Media Coverage - January to July 2002

This is an incomplete but constantly growing list of news items about Bhopal and Bhopal-related issues. Newest stories are listed first. Scroll down for older stories. If you know of articles and reports we have missed - and there are dozens - please point us to the urls. These are mainly links to media web pages. Some reports may be moved to archived elsewhere in the future. Please report any dead links here.

Our collection now reaches back to within months of the original gas leak. See Houston Chronicle archive (coming soon).

Other Dow-Carbide related stories are here (or click the graphic at right).

 

2002 - July

31 July - BBC h2g2 "Risk in Industrial Society - Some Case Histories"

26 July - Rediff.com US edition "American joins Bhopal victims' fight against Union Carbide"

22 July - Guerilla News Network "Guerilla of the week" (About Diane Wilson's hunger srike at Seadrift)

20 July - Le Courier, Switzerland "Les victimes de la tragédie de Bhopal réclament justice"

19 July - Frontline - "Diluting guilt" Indian lawyers question wisdom and motivation of CBI decision.

17 July - threepercent.org - "Union Carbide"

14 July - Chalomumbai (Let's go, Bombay) - "F***, not Bhopal again!"

14 July - Radiovaticana "BHOPAL, UNA TRAGEDIA DIMENTICATA - Intervista con Dominique Lapierre"

13 July - The Lancet "Indian government reduces charges against Union Carbide"

12 July - New Internationalist "Shadows of 'that night' - the struggle for justice in Bhopal" by Indra Sinha. Also published on ZNet, and JustReponse, Italy and Outlook India - "Bhopal Hunger Strike"

11 July - Rediff "Bhopal Gas Victims Oppose Move to Let Off Anderson" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

9 July - International Herald Tribune "Bhopal victims assail move by India"

9 July - OneWorld South Asia "Bhopal Gas Survivors to Hold Rally for Justice" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

8 July - Washington Post "Bhopal Survivors Stage Protest Over Lessened Accusation" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

5 July - Pacific News "Bhopal Comes Home - Activists Take on Multinationals in America"

4 July - The Advocate, Baton Rouge "Iberville grand jury seeks records from Dow" Dow under suspicion of polluting drinking water

3 July - The Hindu "Bhopal Survivors Extend Hunger Strike" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

2 July - BBC World Service "Bhopal survivors demand extradition"

2002 - June

15 June - Chalomumbai - "Un-Qawwalier approach" (A follow up to their 11 June story)

14 June - Indo-Asian News "Bhopal Victims Suffer Despite Millions in Bank"

13 June - UPI "Bhopal: 'An atomic bomb about to explode' "

11 June - Chalomumbai - "Song stress" (The sad story of Shakila Bano.)

3 June - WAMU 88.5 Radio "Dominique LaPierre: Five Past Midnight in Bhopal" (Listen, tape)

2002 - May

29 May - Associated Press "Union Carbide and Former Chief May Face Lesser Charges in Bhopal Case"

29 May - KTO Télévision catholique "Dominique Lapierre : une plume pour servir l'homme " (View the show)

16 May - LA Times "Momentous Moments in 'Heroes'" (Diane Wilson featured in the "Lifetime" TV programme about heroic women)

14 May - The Guardian "The fake persuaders" Corporations are inventing "fake people" to support their causes on the internet

9 May - Greenpeace "SURVIVORS OF BHOPAL DEADLY CHEMICAL DISASTER OVERSHADOW DOW ANNUAL MEETING"

7 May - Washington Post "Survivors Pressure Dow on Bhopal Aftermath" (relayed from CorpwatchIndia.org)

2002 - April

11 April - Hindustan Times "Bhopal Survivors Will Take Campaign to US"

10 April - The TImes "Time to call a corporate criminal to account" (reported by Flying Fish)

8 April - Corpwatch.org "Dow Shall Be Liable" by Darryl D'Monte and Nityanand Jayaraman

5 April - Chalomumbai (Let's go, Bombay!) - "Mourning the Bhopal gas tragedy in film"

5 April - The Guardian "Dominique Lapierre" (Contains a link to hear Dominique speaking about his book.)

2002 - March

25 March - Corpwatch "The Winds Of Liability in Bhopal"

18 March - El Mundo "En la India se gana mucho dinero con la pobreza" Javier Moro writes about Arundhati Roy and Bhopal

2002 - February

22 February - The City Pulse, Michigan "Dow, Bhopal and MSU" by Brian McKenna "If Dow continues its intransigence, this could be Michigan’s environment story of the decade."

18 Feburary - Outlook India "Cowboys And Indians" by Sandipan Deb (US pressure on India on behalf of multinationals)

17 February - The Sunday Tribune, Chandigarh "The Tragedy Continues"

2002 - January

27 January - The Appalachian Focus "Carbide workers meet today with two Dow top executives - Surrounding counties also suffer"

22 January - Business Week "A Case of Asbestos Exposure at Dow?"

13 January - The Guardian "Fur flies as Greenpeace grandee takes PR shilling"

9 January - BBC News "Indian barber claims new record" (Some light relief, for a change)

5 January - Frontline "Opinion of the Attorney General" Soli Sarabjee, Attorney General, on the futility of pursuing Warren Anderson

4 January - Frontline "Bhopal: A Call For Justice"

4 January - Frontline "The Bhopal Struggle to Seek Corporate Accountability" Interview with Raj Sharma