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Dow Chemical R&D centre to be shifted
Express India, February 1, 2009 Pune: Chavan says alternative site for the plant will be decided later The verdict is out on the fate of Dow Chemicals R&D centre that was coming up at Chakan in Pune. The one-year struggle put up by villagers of Shinde and Vasuli against Dow Chemicals has paid off with…
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Dump Dow, Bhopal kids tell NGO
Zubeda Hamid, Indian Express, December 17, 2008 CHENNAI: A group of children from Bhopal, suffering from disablities caused gas leak from Union Carbide in 1984, have appealed to a private trust here to disassociate itself from Dow Chemicals, which now owns the firm.
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Jaipur Foot-in-mouth, as "despicable, perverse" Bhopali children ask charity to return Dow donation
Founder and chief patron of the Mahavir Viklang Sewa Samiti, DR Mehta, is a man rightly lauded for bringing free prosthetic limbs to the poor and destitute of India and elsewhere. A former IAS officer of impeccable credentials, it’s hard to imagine why a man synonymous with the famous ‘Jaipur Foot’ would be striving to…
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Bhopal Children Urge Jaipur Foot NGO to Return Dow-Carbide Donation
PRESS RELEASE Children Against Dow-Carbide member Sarita talks to Mohan Jain, whose trust partners the Jaipur-based Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayog Samiti(BMVSS) in its Jaipur Foot work along with sponsor Dow India CHENNAI, 17 DECEMBER, 2008 – Five second-generation victims of Dow Chemical’s contamination in Bhopal are in Chennai to urge Chennai-based Adinath Jain Trust and…
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Bhopal Kids to Visit Chennai to Caution Organisations about Dow's CSR
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (Chennai) Press Release CHENNAI, 13 December, 2008 – Five Bhopali children affected by Union Carbide’s poisons, including three with visible deformities, are visiting Chennai from 16 to 19 December to urge the organisations that are promoting the famous “Jaipur Foot” to dissociate themselves with Dow Chemical (India) and Union…
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When Dow Unsponsored a Youth Concert
Chennai, December 7th, 2008 Indian Express report (large file) We had everything in place; every little detail worked out. Things were in place. The “No More Bhopals” concert was to happen on 7th December. And on 6th December, we were ready to go. After tiring of trying to be organised, we decided it would be…
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Stop! Take a deep breath
Latha Jishnu, Business Standard, December 06, 2008 India’s worst terrorist attack occurred not in Mumbai last month, but in Bhopal 24 years ago – and it’s the kind of carnage that goes unheeded. What determines the gravity and enormity of an outrage? Is it the number of casualties? Is it the brutality with which the…
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Cuddalore Remembers Bhopal
Cuddalore, 3 December 2008: Residents of the pollution impacted region of SIPCOT Cuddalore, along with residents of Old Town Cuddalore, organised several public meets and vigils on Dec 2 and 3rd to remember Bhopal.
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Bhopal mourns gas victims
Central Chronicle, December 4, 2008 Bhopal, Dec 3: Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy today mourned their kith and kin, who had a silent death following leakage of about 40 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate from the Union Carbide Corporation’s (UCC) pesticide plant here on this day 24 years ago. Several Non Government Organisations…
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48 ‘Bhopals’ waiting to happen in Orissa
The Pioneer, December 4, 2008 Bhubaneswar: On the No Pesticides Use Day to commemorate the 24th year of the Bhopal gas tragedy which left nearly 8,000 people dead and affected 5,20,000 others, a city-based organisation Living Farms, fighting pesticides, at a discussion on the Bhopal tragedy held here on Wednesday, pointed out that there are…
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On the 24th Anniversary of Bhopal Gas Disaster Delhi pledges to detoxify the country
New Delhi, 2nd Dec 2008 Read today’s press release At times like this, when innocent people were being killed in a horrendous attack in Bombay, detoxification of our society and our lives takes on a deeper meaning. When Delhi-ites gathered for the 24th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, our goal was to participate in the…
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Rallies, prayer meets mark Bhopal gas disaster anniversary
IANS, December 3rd, 2008 Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) People here held rallies, demonstrations and burnt effigies to observe the 24th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which killed over 3,000 people and maimed several thousand others for life.The tragedy occurred on the night of Dec 2-3, 1984, when tonnes of Methyl-Isocyanate (MIC) and other lethal…
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Tamil Nadu movement against SEZ's marks 24th Anniversary of Bhopal
PRESS RELEASE Tamilnadu-based Movement Against Special Economic Zones Sirappu Poruladhara Mandala Ethirpu Iyakkam 3 December, 2008 — On the occassion of the 24th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, Tamilnadu-based Movement Against Special Economic Zones (Sirappu Poruladhara Mandala Ethirpu Iyakkam) today held a public hearing on “Land and Livelihood Issues in SEZ project…
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Bhopal's 24th anniversary rally honours its own
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action December 3, 2008 *Press Statement* On the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster thousands of survivors along with neighborhood residents exposed to pollution from Union Carbide’s chemical waste today marched in…
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Bhopal gas disaster victims stage protests in Delhi
ANI, December 3, 2008 New Delhi, Dec 3: To support the struggle of Bhopal gas victims, various organizations, supporting groups and students held a protest here last evening. The protesters alleged that even after 24 years of the tragedy in which 3,800 people died, the victims are still awaiting help and support. The protest was…