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  • Indian protests planned over Olympics sponsor

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    10-Aug-2011 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4b245556-c2ae-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1UhNtIsb2 By Vanessa Kortekaas in London and Girija Shivakumar in New Delhi Anger is mounting in India at the appointment of Dow Chemical as a 2012 Olympics sponsor, marking the fiercest criticism yet of the London committee’s sponsorship programme. The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) recently selected Dow to produce a…

  • Dow Tarnishes The Image Of The Olympics

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      29-October-2011 Make your voice count: Endorse the petition addressed to Chair of London 2012 Organizing Committee.   24 October 2011 Amnesty International writes to Chairman of LOCOG (Lord Sebestain Coe) and express serious concern on Dow Chemical as a sponsor to the Olympic Games.   Click here to read the Amnesty International letter to…

  • Olympics organisers have forgotten what they stand for

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    Anant Rangaswami Aug 9, 2011 http://www.firstpost.com/world/olympics-organisers-have-forgotten-what-they-stand-for-56805.html Have you ever heard of a company called Palomar Pomerado Health? No? I hadn’t either, till yesterday. Their website says that “Palomar Pomerado Health receives hundreds of requests each year to financially sponsor events: street fairs, luncheons, galas, rotaries, chambers of commerce etc. In order for us to promptly…

  • Bhopal survivors show support for Jan Lokpal Bill

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                                      Over 200 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today set fire to an effigy of “Corruption in medical care, rehabilitation and compensation disbursement” in front of the Union Carbide factory.   The demonstration on the anniversary…

  • 80% of people enrolled in drug trials at BMHRC were gas victims

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    Hemender SharmaHemender Sharma, CNN-IBN Updated Aug 07, 2011 at 08:52am IST http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhopal-drug-trials-conducted-on-gas-victims/173624-3.html Bhopal: Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has been carrying out clinical trials on gas victims. CNN-IBN has accessed documents that show that at least 80 per cent of the patients on whom trials were conducted, were victims of the gas tragedy. What…

  • Gas Victims given substandard drugs from last 27 years

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    Corruption Kills: Bhopal Gas Victims Demand Strong Jan Lokpal Bill Press Statement 8-August-2011 At a press conference today, five organizations working with survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster announced their action plans as part of the “India Against Corruption” campaign.  They will be holding a demonstration at the Union Carbide factory tomorrow at noon…

  • London 2010 Olympics Sponsor Dow: Don't Judge us on Bhopal Deaths

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    http://www.metro.co.uk/news/871416-london-olympics-sponsor-dow-dont-judge-us-on-bhopal-deaths#ixzz1UFQUAtt0 Joel Taylor – 4th August, 2011 London 2012 Olympics sponsor Dow: don’t judge us on Bhopal deaths The Dow Chemical Company, which has links to the infamous Bhopal chemical disaster, has defended its plans to sponsor the £7 million Olympic stadium ‘wrap’. The wrap, which will be seen by 4billion TV viewers, was scrapped…

  • Maharashtra MP opposes the move to transport Bhopal toxic waste to Nagpur

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    Muttemwar raises Bhopal toxic waste matter in LS TNN Aug 4, 2011, 01.07am IST Tags: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-04/nagpur/29849758_1_toxic-waste-toxic-material-nagpur NAGPUR: City MP Vilas Muttemwar has opposed the proposal to dispose of in Nagpur the toxic waste from Union Carbide plant site in Bhopal. Raising the issue in Parliament, he has also sought a clear-cut policy on disposal of…

  • Bhopal gas tragedy: Govt, Union Carbide struck ‘secret’ deal post leak

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    http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/bhopal-gas-tragedy-union-carbide-india-deal/1/146044.html Dinesh C. Sharma  | New Delhi, July 25, 2011 | Updated 08:44 IST More skeletons relating to the handling of the Bhopal gas tragedy are tumbling out of the Indian government’s cupboard. New revelations show that Union Carbide mooted the idea of a “negotiated settlement” within weeks of the gas leak that took place in its Bhopal plant…

  • Nagpur NGOs move HC on toxic waste issueNagpur NGOs move HC on toxic waste issue

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    http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1463296640.html DNA Correspondent DNA July 24, 2011 The protest in Vidarbha to proposed shifting of the Union Carbide toxic waste for disposal at a DRDO establishment is growing. An MLA from NagpurDG Fadnavis, the Vidarbha Environmental Action Group and the Janmanch have oved an application in the MP high court for permission to intervene in…

  • 'No entry' for in Mah for Bhopal toxic waste

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    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-22/nagpur/29802891_1_toxic-waste-pithampur-incinerator-facility Vaibhav Ganjapure, TNN Jul 22, 2011, 12.27am IST NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Thursday extended its ban for a week on entry of trucks/containers in Maharashtra carrying nearly 250 tonnes of toxic waste left behind after 1984 Bhopal gas catastrophe killing thousands. However, a division bench comprising justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari…

  • India’s most Secret Incinerator is here

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    18-July-2011 http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws180711India.asp# The Madhya Pradesh high court has ordered that the DRDE dispose off toxic waste from union carbide’s bhopal plant. Why the secrecy? INDIA MAY have sent rockets into space. But as a nation, we are not yet potty trained. With more than six decades of industrialisation behind us, one would think that India would…

  • Bhopal Gas Survivors stage a massive protest rally for adequate compensation

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    25-July-2011 Thousands of Bhopal survivors came out on the streets and demanded urgent intervention of the Prime Minister of India and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in claiming correct compensation in the curative petition pending in Supreme Court. Survivors pointed out that figures of exposure related deaths and injuries in the curative petition filed by…

  • Govt of India follows Union Carbide’s suggestions instead of ICMR findings in giving compensation

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    Press Statement                                                                        23-July-2011 At a press conference today five organizations working for the victims of the December ‘84 Union Carbide disaster accused the central and state governments of downplaying the damage caused by the American company in the curative petitions filed in the Supreme Court. The organizations demanded that in place of Rs 3,000-6,000 crores…

  • Bhopal Kids support Anti POSCO struggle

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    20 July 2011 Members of Children Against Dow-Carbide took out a rally in Bhopal to express solidarity with children of Jagatsinghpur, Odisha that are fighting against South Korean steal company POSCO. The children also handed a posco-memorandum to governorto the governor in which they pointed out that struggle against POSCO was for 22,000 families in…