Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical
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ft.com: “Convicted Mahindra retains M&M seat”
August 2, 2010 6:57 pm Convicted Mahindra retains M&M seat By James Lamont in New Delhi Shareholders of Mahindra & Mahindra, the Indian industrial conglomerate, have re-elected Keshub Mahindra, a revered business elder, as the company’s chairman in spite of his conviction over his role in the Bhopal gas disaster. In July, 86-year-old Mr Mahindra, formerly…
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Charnel Makers: Union Carbide’s disregard for safety nauseates still
OUTLOOK INDIA, July 5, 2010. Union Carbide’s brazen, criminal disregard for safety nauseates still. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his way back from the recent G-20 summit in Toronto, righteously declared his desire to push for a “more favourable” US attitude to extradite former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson. But as his government begins to…
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Times of India exposes Dow’s double standards on Bhopal
Here is something for legal eagles of the government of India to chew on: while Dow Chemical Company denies any responsibility for damages caused by Union Carbide in Bhopal, it has taken over all liability of Carbide for fighting out over 75,000 asbestos related law suits in the US. Dow/Carbide expects to incur liability costs…
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Why I quit Carbide before 1984, by their medical officer Kumkum Saxena
On the night of December 3, 1984, 22 year old Kumkum Saxena sat in her home atop Idgah hill in Bhopal studying for a neurology exam the next day. The phone rang. Hysterical voices talked about a chemical leak, pleading for help. “Oh God, they’ve done it again,” Saxena exclaimed. Chemical leaks were not new…
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Dow bribed Indian officials with cash, jewellery, hospitality
IANS 2010-06-28 17:40:00 –– A senior central government official and his aides were bribed $32,000 in cash and jewellery while their travel and hotel expenses were also picked up by a subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, which took over the Union Carbide company after the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy, to push its substandard pesticides in…
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On the Question of Whether a Fresh Survey of Bhopal Victims is Required Economic Times. 25 June, 2010
N JAYARAMAN, Chennai-Based Journalist* Yes, claims must be re-examined REPORTS about enhanced compensation for Bhopal survivors is malarkey. One cynical gas victim said: “I smelled a rat the minute I heard the GoM was going to dole out compensation. I knew it couldn’t be right. Why would it be? Mr Chidambaram was a finance minister.…
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Protest against injustice in Bhopal continues in America
PRESS RELEASE- For Immediate Release Protest against injustice in Bhopal continues in America; Overseas Indians protest in New York City, Boston and San Francisco. Protest held to coincide with ongoing Indo-US CEO forum meet. Protestors demand the Indian Government shun Backroom deals with corporations and the CEOs respect Law of land and clean up their…
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“US-India Strategic Economic Partnership”: Kowtowing to US big business
PRASENJIT BOSE The Report of the US India CEO Forum titled “US-India Strategic Economic Partnership”, which was released during the recent Bush visit, has not attracted much media attention in contrast to the hype over the nuclear deal. The CEO Forum was formed during the Visit of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US…
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US Rep. Pallone comments on this week’s verdict
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 9, 2010 Contacts: Richard McGrath/Erin Bzymek (202) 225-4671 ________________________________________________________________________ Pallone on the Sentencing of Union Carbide Executives for Their Involvement in the Bhopal Disaster Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) Wednesday released the following statement on the court verdict and sentencing of Union Carbide executives responsible for the…
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Media groundswell on denial of justice in Bhopal
Major Media coverage of Bhopal Verdict and Denial of Justice Case against Warren Anderson is not over, says Moily The Hindu – New Delhi: The former Union Carbide chairman, Warren Anderson, can still be tried in the Bhopal gas tragedy case if he is brought to India, as he is a “proclaimed offender,” Union Law…
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Doubts ahead of Bhopal gas verdict
RASHEED KIDWAI, CALCUTTA TELEGRAPH Bhopal, June 5: The 23-year-old criminal trial of the Bhopal gas tragedy will see the verdict delivered on Monday, but survivors fear the “glaring omissions” by prosecuting agency CBI may deny them justice. Several Indian officials of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) will be in court on June 7 as the…
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Bhopal court to pronounce historic judgment in gas leak case on Monday
MAHIM PRATAP SINGH – THE HINDU Activists and victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy shout slogans during a protest march to mark the 25th anniversary of the disaster in Bhopal on December 3, 2009. At midnight on December 2, 1984, Bhopal became a living manifestation of disastrous corporate negligence leading to the death of over…
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Key source documents in the unheard case against UCC
The people most responsible for the disaster in Bhopal will not be in the courtroom when the verdict against the Indian defendants is announced. Union Carbide Corporation and its ex-Chairman Warren Anderson, and Union Carbide Eastern, have refused since 1992 to obey the summons of the court and answer charges of culpable homicide. The evidence…