"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 - September 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 - September

30 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Gas Tragedy: The worst is not yet over" The Central Chronicle casts its eye over our website and its visitors - yes the biggest single user last month was...Dow Chemical - and speculates as to why organisations like the US military are interested in Bhopal. "It is no secret that the methyl-iso-cyanate gas that leaked from the UCIL's pesticide formulation plant has always interested the merchants of chemical warfare. The NGO's fighting the cause of Bhopal, also describe their campaign as the fight against toxic terror . . . The threat of toxic terror seems to have made the West come alive to the ground realities that prevail. Or else, they would not be wasting their time on the Bhopal site. After all it is not the usual porn stuff that engages the casual net surfer." Thank you, Central Chronicle, for those kind words.

30 September - BBC News "Indian eunuchs gather in Bhopal"

30 September - Times of India "Bhopal in troubled waters" The People’s Science Institute, Dehra Dun, has found high levels of mercury in groundwater sources near the former Union Carbide factory. It has warned people living in the vicinity from drinking the water as it is hazardous to their health.

30 September - El Pais " Crimen y castigo (quizá)"

29 September - Times of India "Bhopal group demands removal of Union Carbide chemicals"

29 September- Outlook India "No Way Out" The fight for justice and dignity hasn't ended. It won't, so long as our collective conscience stirs.

29 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " BMC garbage dumps may prove fatal"

26 September - The Daily News (New Zealand) "Findings prove government lied, says Gibbs" More breaking news on Dow's dioxin scandal in New Zealand. "Yesterday's positive soil tests were conclusive proof that the whole of New Plymouth was affected by the emissions from the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant before 1985." A comment not published in the newspaper report, ""They drenched us in the most toxic chemical known to mankind."

26 September - Herald Despatch "Chemical giants tighten security"

26 September - La Prenza "Persiste el dolor, la pobreza y el enojo en Bhopal

25 September - The Daily News (New Zealand) "Protest group hijacks special dioxin briefing" Lid blow off 30 year cover-up of Dow Dioxin scandal in New Zealand.

23 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Portugal court rules out Abu's deportation" Unfazed by the development, CBI is going ahead with its decision to send a team to Lisbon to bring Salem back to India and is putting together evidence to make out a strong case for his extradition to the Portugese authorities. Nice to see the CBI so zealous about carrying out its duties. When can we expect to see a CBI team heading for the USA to bring Warren Anderson and the absconding Dow-Carbide executives to justice? The CBI is speedy too, in the case of Abu Salem. They've had 11 years so far to put together evidence to make a strong case for the extradition of Anderson and Co. May we expect some action soon?

22 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "India seeks Abu Salem's deportation" (Well it didn't take them long. Abu Salem, as reported by us, was only discovered in Lisbon on Wednesday. Warren Anderson was discovered three weeks ago in NY, and action was promised, but unaccountably has failed to materialise. Warrants have been issued in Bhopal. When you know where Abu Salem was arrested and for what, the irony multiplies and the same politicians are involved in both decisions. The reason given for the swittness of this action -- more irony --the urging of the US government.)

22nd September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Govt to file petition for removal of chemicals from UCC plant"

22 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Curiosity among people about eunuchs convention" (No, they don't mean the Government...or do they?)

22 September - San Antonio Current "Union Carbide Still Hasn't Cleaned Up Its Act" Relayed by the Hartford Courant's online news service. Outstanding summary by chief reporter Lisa Sorg of the issues and recent events.

21 September - The Times of India "Underworld don Abu Salem nabbed in Lisbon" (Not gas related, but it's always nice to follow the careers of eminent Bhopalis)

21 September - Indian Express "Nirvana, the Bhopal tragedy, a Punjabi romance... and the idea India " The Express talks to Meghan Delahunt about her new novel "The Prayer Wheel", which touches on the Bhopal gas disaster.

21 September - Hampstead and Highgate Express "Art Ground Zero" (Spanish concept artist wants to remember Bhopal - really one has to write a front page piece about this)

21 September - The Guardian "The Dead Zone"

21 September - New York Times "Bhopal Seethes, Pained and Poor 18 Years Later"

21 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Bhopal police issues arrest warrants against Abu Salem"

19 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Raising the voice of Gas victims"

18 September - CNN "Protesters to Rumsfeld: 'Inspections, not war'" (Diane Wilson in Congress anti-war protest)

18 September - The Easthampton and Southampton Independent "Bhopal Hits Home: Activists Picket Anderson House"

18 September - Hindustan Times "Roll Over Beethoven" A cretin writes...

16 September - Global IndyMedia "Activists Pursue Justice for Bhopal Tragedy"

16 September - Dawn "UCIL: assigning the responsibility" (Attempts to pin responsibility on the Indian management and whitewash UCC's US bosses. Misses or ignores much important evidence.)

15 September - Riposte Verte "Bhopal tue encore" Based on interview with Champa Devi Shukla, qui a affirmée que "les victimes se heurtent en permanence à une indifférence parfois criminelle. Elle cite notamment l'hôpital de Bhopal qui a remis à certaines personnes souffrant de séquelles des médicaments périmés. "Même les médicaments qui nous sont destinés sont devenus une source de profit pour les entreprises qui s'entendent avec des responsables gouvernementaux et nous fournissent délibérément des produits périmés", dit-elle. "Les traitements nécessaires aux victimes sont réservés aux riches", martèle Mme Shukla.

14 September - The Lancet "Bhopal's disaster continues to unfold" Comment on the Shristi report on the "silent medical disaster" in Bhopal, cancers, birth defects. "'Children are being born with deformities like cleft palate, three eyes, all fingers joined, one extra finger, one testicle, different skull shapes, and Down's syndrome', says N Ganesh, a researcher at the Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (JNCHRC)."

13 September - Delhi Newsline "‘No picture is worth dying for, yet all photographers do just that’" Dilip Mehta (covered the Bhopal gas disaster) talks about photography

13 September - Rediff.com "Anti-Union Carbide protests to greet Vajpayee"

12 September - World Socialst Web News "Indian court refuses to reduce homicide charges over Bhopal disaster"

10 September - Sify News (Bhopal) "Eight love-struck teenagers elope together" (Not gas related, but couldn't resist)

9 September - Express India "‘When the world is going overboard about 9/11, how can we let the world forget this?"

9 September - New York Post "WHY I WON'T WATCH THESE 9/11 SHOWS" by Linda Stasi

6 September - Reuters (New Delhi) "India to pursue extradition of Bhopal disaster accused"

6 September - Associated Press "Indian official: government preparing to seek extradition of ex-Union Carbide chief "

6 September - Far Eastern Economic Review (Issue dated 12 September) "Bhopal: Eighteen Years On"

6 September - BBC News "India to extradite Bhopal boss"

6 September - Boston Globe "Authorities pursuing Union Carbide ex-chief"

6 September - Washington Post "India Seeks To Try Former Executive of Union Carbide"

6 September - Times of India "Kalam's tryst with Bhopal"

6 September - PANUPS "Bhopal Survivors Put Spotlight on Dow After Court Victory" Useful summary of hungerstrike campaign

6 September - Outlook India "Digvijay demands dissolution of Bhopal Memorial Trust"

5 September - Reuters "Years Pass, but Tears Still Flow in India's Bhopal"

5 September - Rediff.com "Bhopal all set for President Kalam's visit"

5 September - Arab News, Saudi Arabia "Kalam to meet Bhopal victims"

5 September - BBC "Indian president visits Bhopal victims"

5 September - Yahoo News "India to Pursue Extradition of Bhopal Accused"

5 September - Yahoo News "Terror Alert at Utah Chemical Depot "

5 September - Yahoo News "Indian official: government preparing to seek extradition of ex-Union Carbide chief " (AP feed)

5 September - The Guardian "India to Seek American's Extradition " (AP News) Also in Yahoo News

5 September - Indian Express "Steps to extradite Anderson soon: CBI"

5 September - The Hindu "Move to extradite Anderson soon"

5 September - Hindustan Times "CBI for Anderson's extradition soon"

5 September - Times of India "CBI to try for extradition of Union Carbide ex-chief "

5 September - Rediff.com "Extradition proceedings against Anderson soon: CBI director"

5 September - Washington Post "India Seeks Extradition of U.S. Executive for Bhopal Disaster"

5 September - Rediff "Extradition proceedings against Anderson soon: CBI director"

5 September - Hindustan Times "President of India Kalam's close encounter with Bhopal gas victims"

5 September - The Hindu "AP: Kalam launches Telemedicine project "

5 September - Hindustan Times "100 NBA activists trapped in Narmada flood water at Domkhedi" (The Narmada Bachao Campaign has strong links of friendship and mutual support with the National Campaign for Justice in Bhopal)

5 September - Midland Daily News, Michigan "India to Seek Extradition of Ex-U.S. Executive in Charge of Plant That Leaked Gas,
Killed 4,000"

4 September - ABC News "What price life - What's getting killed by America worth?"

4 September - CNN "Powell heckled at Earth Summit"

4 September - National Geographic "Human Impact on the Earth—How Do We Soften It?"

4 September - Yahoo News "Pressure mounts on Indian government to seek extradition of former Union Carbide chief "

3 September - Bombay IndyMedia "Remembering Bhopal"

3 September - The Guardian "Trouble in the pipeline" George Monbiot on form, "Why legislate when the world can be saved by promises?"

3 September - The Daily Mirror "Relief for Bhopal" A reader writes...

2 September - The Independent "Muslims can only feel unease about 11 September"

2 September - The Guardian "The American View of History" (letters page, for lovers of irony)

1 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Greenpeace achieves what CBI could not"

1 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "President should not visit Bhopal Memorial Hospital"

1 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Kalam's portrait drawn in blood to be presented" Too bizarre to resist. If this artist lived in Brixton instead of Bhopal his works would be hanging in Charlie Saatchi's art abattoir. "Mahatma Gandhi Vishwa Maitri Parishad Convener Dr Mahesh Yadav will welcome President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam upon his arrival in Bhopal and present the President's portrait to him drawn with his blood. Dr Yadav has been campaigning for the world peace for the last eight years. He has prepared portraits of many national and international celebrities with his blood and sought their guidance and blessings for the success of his campaign. He had also welcomed former President late Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma during his visit to Bhopal and presented his portrait to him."

1 September - Indian Express "Arrest ex-Union Carbide chief: Greenpeace to US "

1 September - Straits Times, Singapore "Ex-Union Carbide chief found"

1 September - New York Post "G-LAM-OROUS LIFE"