Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical
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Bhopal gas victims see a ray of hope
By MAHIM PRATAP SINGH from The Hindu BHOPAL, May 6, 2012 “When we protest against the government and demand clean water, the government slaps cases against us” With the Supreme Court directing the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to provide clean water to the areas worst affected by the Union Carbide gas leak within three months, the…
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Hindustan Times interview with Satinath Sarangi
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Bhopal link mars Olympic Games
PAUL LEWIS With just over seven months to go to the London Olympics, the world’s greatest sporting carnival faces its first big political challenge – the moves to have Dow Chemicals removed as a sponsor because of 15,000 deaths. Dow is apparently paying about 1.5 million ($3.1m) to produce a giant wrap that will envelop…
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PM urged to protest Dow sponsorship for Olympics
Express News Service , The New Indian Express Posted on Aug 12, 2011 at 10:32am IST CHENNAI: Victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy have written to the Prime Minister asking him to register his protest with the UK government for accepting Dow Chemical’s sponsorship for the 2012 Olympics to be held in…
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Indian protests planned over Olympics sponsor
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…
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80% of people enrolled in drug trials at BMHRC were gas victims
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…
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Maharashtra MP opposes the move to transport Bhopal toxic waste to Nagpur
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…
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Nagpur NGOs move HC on toxic waste issueNagpur NGOs move HC on toxic waste issue
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…
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'No entry' for in Mah for Bhopal toxic waste
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…
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India’s most Secret Incinerator is here
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…
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007: Protest at Dow-sponsored “Blue Planet Run”
On June 3rd, the non-profit organization “Blue Planet Run” held an event in Boston Common as the participating long-distance runners were arriving in Boston. The blue planet run goes across 16 countries and covers 15200 miles in 95 days. At each stop, the organization holds a media event to promote their message. However, some might…
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Cambridge News
Here we recap our press releases, articles/broadcasts about us in the press and letters we’ve written to newspaper editors. Press Releases: Cambridge Council Dumps Dow Chemical, Cites Bhopal (09/26/06) Boston Coalition for Bhopal ‘Dies-in’ Copley Sq. (05/08/06) Articles: Group raises money for Bhopal survivors at MIT (Cambridge Chronicle, 09/23/09) Protesters target owner of Taj…
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MP High Court directs disposal of Union Carbide toxic waste at a DRDO secret facility in Nagpur
Act fast in disposal of toxic waste – Directs MP High Court 12.07.2011 | 21:12 http://www.lawetalnews.com/NewsDetail.asp?newsid=4316 Jabalpur Supriya Amber The Madhya Pradesh High Court Tuesday directed the state government to initiate the process of disposal of 350 metric tons toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide factory here in Bhopal. The division bench comprising of Justice…