Category: News on Related Issues
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Deadly ghost of Agent Orange still lurks
Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post, November 14, 2006 DA NANG, Vietnam — For a stark reminder of the Vietnam War, people living near the airport in this central industrial city can still stroll along the old stone walls that once surrounded a U.S. military base. But Luu Thi Nguyen, a 31-year-old homemaker, needs only to…
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Seven deaths in 4 months, do safety codes at chemical units here stink?
Express News Service, November 13, 2006 BHARUCH-ANKLESHWAR: WITH DEATH OF 3 GIRLS AT CLOSED UNIT, POSERS ON SAFEGUARDS CROP UP Vadodara, November 13: SIX deaths have taken place within four months in two separate incidents of industrial accidents in Ankleshwar’s GIDC unit, while there has been one fatality at the Panoli industrial unit in the…
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Gas leak takes toll of three sisters
Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad, November 12, 2006 Three sisters died in gas leak in a factory in GIDC estate in Ankleshwar town of Bharuch district. These sisters worked in Narmada Chemicals which was closed at the time of incident. Two sisters had gone for bath in the factory. However, they started shouting and by…
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Depleted uranium behind the surge in cancer rates in Iraq
Al Jazeera, London, November 12, 2006 Six-year-old Fatma Rakwan was diagnosed with leukemia. Photo courtesy: Paul Kitagaki Jr. In 1991, Washington and its Persian Gulf War allies used armor-piercing shells made of depleted uranium — the first time such weapons had been used in military conflicts — as the Iraqis retreated from Kuwait. Up till…
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Three workers of shut factory die: one was a seven-year-old child
TIMES NEWS NETWORK, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 BHARUCH: Three labourers working in Narmada Oil ETL located in Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) of Ankleshwar died under mysterious circumstances on Sunday morning. The trio, identified as Kasma Garwal (18), Kamila Garwal (19) and Anu Garwal (7) died on their way to the hospital. The deceased were working…
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Tittabawassee dioxin testing progressing (featuring the ever-appalling John Musser)
Kathie Marchlewski, Midland Daily News, November 11, 2006 Soil sampling to find out how much dioxin is in Midland is about half done. Dow Chemical Co. officials said that as of Tuesday, 179 of 405 properties had been visited and their soil collected. “This is more than enough for us to achieve the statistically valid…
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Those sun-drenched dioxin days
DAVID FISHER & RHONDA BARTLE, NEW ZEALAND HERALD, NOVEMBER 12, 2006 Kevin and Audrey Peters lived for almost 40 years under the wind that blows above and around the former Ivon Watkins Dow chemical plant. Kevin’s gone now. Cancer. “So many of Kevin’s workmates died of cancer,” says Audrey. “So many of our neighbours ……
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Dioxin days: Rhonda's story
Rhonda Bartle, New Zealand Herald, November 12, 2006 I might have been a fiction writer in a former life, but these days as a journalist, I mostly deal in facts. The fact is, I grew up in the shadow of a Dow chemical factory, in the suburb of Paritutu, New Plymouth, during all the dioxin…
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VA: Agent Orange effects may be worse than believed
Gayle S. Putrich, The Navy Times, November 10, 2006 The lasting effects of Agent Orange and dioxin-based defoliants like it could be even more far-reaching for Vietnam War veterans than originally thought, putting vets at greater risk for developing heart disease, diabetes and respiratory problems, according to a recent Department of Veterans Affairs study. The…
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Cuddalore: Toxic present, Troubled future
Nityanand Jayaraman, Cuddalore Online, November 9, 2006 Cuddalore, the place by the sea, is soon set to be assaulted. Some of the dirtiest industries – chemical factories, petrochemical refineries, a shipbuilding yard, textile dyeing units, and coal-fired power plants – are making a beeline for Cuddalore. The Tamilnadu Government has earmarked Cuddalore district for locating…
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Cuddalore: toxic present, troubled future
Nityanand Jayaraman, Cuddalore Online, November 9, 2006 Cuddalore, the place by the sea, is soon set to be assaulted. Some of the dirtiest industries – chemical factories, petrochemical refineries, a shipbuilding yard, textile dyeing units, and coal-fired power plants – are making a beeline for Cuddalore. The Tamilnadu Government has earmarked Cuddalore district for locating…
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Dow dioxins: study critics seek results
JUSTIN ENGEL, THE SAGINAW NEWS, NOVERMBER 9, 2006 Terry Miller has had enough of the sampling, the testing and the planning. He wants action. A leader of the Bay City-based Lone Tree Council environmental group, Miller voiced his concern during Wednesday’s quarterly dioxin community meeting at the Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw Township. The gathering…
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Chemistry goes green at Imperial College London: New masters course aims to 'clean up' the chemical industry
Imperial College, London, November 8 2006 Imperial College London is launching a one-year, full-time Master of Research (MRes) course in Green Chemistry, it is announced today. The course will allow postgraduate students to develop their skills in a rapidly growing field which aims to ‘clean up’ the chemical industry, making industrial processes cleaner, greener and…
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Saddam verdict: victims celebrate, but many dread backlash, joy and sense of justice tinged with fear
Simon Bristow, The Yorkshire Post, November 6, 2006 THERE was joy from his victims, a sense of justice from relatives of those he killed, and a studied satisfaction from foreign ministers when it was announced Saddam Hussein would hang for committing crimes against humanity. But there were almost universal fears the ruling by an Iraqi…