Category: Shameless
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Renowned cancer scientist was paid by chemical firm for 20 years
Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, December 8, 2006 A world-famous British scientist failed to disclose that he held a paid consultancy with a chemical company for more than 20 years while investigating cancer risks in the industry, the Guardian can reveal. Sir Richard Doll, the celebrated epidemiologist who established that smoking causes lung cancer, was receiving…
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$30 million for PR, zip for Bhopal
BANJO JONES, THE BRAZOSPORT NEWS, DECEMBER 3, 2006 Despite the $30 million “Human Element” public relations campaign that champions the allegedly noble intentions of Dow Chemical, the global conglomerate continues to treat Bhopal like the tar baby in the ol’ Uncle Remus tales.
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"All gas victims’ claims disposed of" (apart from those which aren’t)
THE HINDU, NOVEMBER 20, 2006 [Based on a statement reported on bhopal.net in September, Ed] BHOPAL: The organisation of the Welfare Commissioner has disposed of all the claim cases that were filed by the victims of the Union Carbide gas disaster till the end of 2003. Of the 90,600 appeals and revisions that were subsequently…
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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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Bhopal tragedy: Victim awaits compensation
RUBINA KHAN SHAPOO, NDTV, AUGUST 5, 2006 There are still about 20,000 people who were affected in the Bhopal gas tragedy but have neither got compensation nor medical aid. A PIL for relief for these victims is pending in the Supreme Court. An NGO has now moved another application for urgent medical aid for these…
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Former minister booked for corruption in Bhopal
TIMES OF INDIA BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Lok Ayukta have booked former state Civil Supplies Minister Omprakash Dhurve and a contractor for alleged corruption in transportation of foodgrains during 2004-05, official sources said here on Friday.
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A view of Jantar Mantar from the Bhopali side of the street: eyewitness account of the police action against our friends the Narmada Bachao Andolan
BY ANABRANCHED IN DELHI – 4th April 2006 All afternoon yesterday, although the crowd remained small, friends and supporters wearing smiles flowed in a steady stream by the Bhopal camp at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Even through the haze of my arrival, I can sense that this is an odd moment of pause, a…
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STOP PRESS: Medha Patkar and other Narmada hunger strikers forcibly removed, Bhopal padyatri Satish kicked, beaten, arrested as he goes to help
PRESS RELEASE FROM INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL UPDATE FROM SARVADARSHI IN DELHI 4:59AM BST Satish, one of the padyatris, was arrested last night after locking arms with Narmada activists in resistance against an approaching group of about 200 riot police. They were trying to prevent Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar and other…
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"The tourist’s heaven: the call of the wild", gushes Bhopal’s Central Chronicle
Wild places in Bhopal: the fatal MIC (methyl isocyanate) unit is a rusting wreck, overgrown with creepers. Photo: Dan Sinha THE CHRONICLE’S STSORY: Bhopal is a beautiful city. The city of lakes really makes it swell to stay around here. People get to live in the city and love it. But it seems kind of…
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"Hang them!" Anger erupts as relatives come face to face with Union Carbide’s Indian executives outside court
INDIAN STOOGES APPEAR IN COURT, AMERICAN BOSSES REFUSE TO OBEY SUMMONS Today they returned to Bhopal, the six Indian businessmen who were in charge of Union Carbide’s ill-fated and badly run factory. They came to a court where they are charged with criminal negligence.
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Cops try to keep Diane $2000 bail bond, flash gun
8th Dec. 1.10 CDT Downtown Houston Dear All, After making bail last night and organising a pick up for her at 3-4am in the morning, David Graeve who signed on the bond got a call from the Sheriff’s office to take back $2,000 because the Calhoun County cops were going to come and take her…
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Bhopal’s mentally ill police kick and beat women – again
17 May 2005 This morning 300 women, men and children went to the Director, Bhopal Gas Rahat Cell (Manish Rashtogi) office demanding clean drinking water. They were severely beaten up and dragged out of the building by the police. The riot police were present in full force. Women and men were kicked and hit with…
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"Hang them!" Anger erupts as relatives come face to face with Union Carbide’s Indian executives outside court
INDIAN STOOGES APPEAR IN COURT, AMERICAN BOSSES REFUSE TO OBEY SUMMONS Today they returned to Bhopal, the six Indian businessmen who were in charge of Union Carbide’s ill-fated and badly run factory. They came to a court where they are charged with criminal negligence.
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Mr. Ringler’s Neighborhood
On December 3rd, several Bhopal supporters and members of the Association for India’s Development (Milwaukee) visited the home of Dow Board member James Ringler: Ashish (from AID Milwaukee), Satish and I (from Waukegan) left for Ringler’s house around 9am. We reached Ringler’s house around 9:15am and rang the bell. Waited for a few seconds before…
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Survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster remain at the mercy of a corrupt government and an impotent judicial system
By DINESH C SHARMA in the Bangkok Post Bhopal : The infamous Union Carbide gas tragedy keeps haunting the central Indian city of Bhopal. The issue this time is the cleaning up of toxic chemical stockpiles decaying in the closed pesticide-making plant for the past 21 years. Normally this should have brought some cheer to…