Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical

25 Years After Bhopal Disaster, Survivors Still Seeking Justice Democracy Now – December 3, 2009  

U.S. business interests coming in the way of Anderson’s extradition? The Hindu, December 2, 2009 – Mahim Pratap Singh // // <![CDATA[ var min=8; var max=18; var min1=18; var max1=24; function increaseFontSize() { var temp=document.getElementById('inc').innerHTML if(temp=="T-") decreaseFontSize(); else { var p = document.getElementsByTagName('p'); for(i=0;i <p.length;i++) { if(p[i].style.fontSize) { var s = parseInt(p[i].style.fontSize.replace("px","")); } else {…

Bhopal water still toxic 25 years after deadly gas leak, study finds Two reports say scene of 1984 disaster still has alarming levels of poisons, with one 2,400 times the WHO guideline Randeep Ramesh in Delhi –guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 December 2009 15.28 GMT Bhopal teenager Sachin Kumar, whose legs were rendered practically useless by a…

‘Waiting for justice’ 25 years after Bhopal disaster In December 1984, a cloud of poison gas escaped from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal and went on to kill thousands of people. Twenty-five years later, the tragedy continues to dominate the lives of those who live in the city, as Allan Little discovered. November 30,…

India’s plan to open site of Bhopal chemical disaster brings protest By Rama Lakshmi Friday, November 27, 2009 – Washington Post foreign service BHOPAL, INDIA — Twenty-five years after poisonous plumes of chemicals leaked from the Union Carbide factory here, survivors are protesting a government plan to open the site to the public. Officials said…

Bhopal gas tragedy victims to ‘expose’ central, state governments Bombay News.Net – Thursday 26th November, 2009 (IANS) Associations of the victims of the December 1984 Bhopal gas leak Thursday launched a campaign to ‘expose’ those in the government working for the benefit of Dow Chemicals, the current owner of Union Carbide from whose plant the…

India reverses decision to open Bhopal plant (AFP) – November 27, 2009 BHOPAL, India — Indian authorities in Bhopal, site of the world’s worst industrial accident, have decided against opening up the factory at the centre of the tragedy, a local minister said Friday.

Bhopal gas survivors mark 25 years of agony By Yasmeen Mohiuddin (AFP) – November 28, 2009 BHOPAL, India — Livestock outnumber humans at the Arif Nagar slum, a toxic wasteyard next to the site of the world’s worst industrial accident, which occurred 25 years ago this week in the Indian city of Bhopal.

Government will not open Bhopal plant as memorial November 29 – By Moni Basu, CNN Victims blinded by methyl isocyanate gas are attended to outside the Union Carbide plant after the disaster of December 3, 1984. (CNN) — It was to be a somber memorial, a remembrance of those who perished in a lethal milky…

Bhopal: The victims are still being born Twenty-five years on, the world’s worst industrial accident continues to kill and blight many lives. And still there’s been no trial The Independant, November 29: By Nina Lakhani Hazira Bee, 53, lives in one of the worst affected areas. The leakage blighted her entire family: one son has…

Death came in clouds — 25 years later, the horrors in Bhopal, India, continue M. P. Basheer | Arab News – November 22. 2009 ASIYA Bi still remembers the horror. It was just past midnight and she woke up to the sound of her younger daughter Rubeena coughing. In the dim light from the street…