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IBN News, October 15, 2006 Nearly 150 people were sent for treatment to a Bhopal hospital where their condition was declared stable. Bhopal: At least 200 people were taken ill in villages along the borders of Bhopal and Raisen districts in Madhya Pradesh after inhaling an unknown toxic gas. “Around 200 people in Kirat Nagar,…

Terry Camp, ABC12, October 17, 2006 MIDLAND (WJRT) – (10/17/06)–The weather is having an effect on construction at Mid Michigan’s newest baseball stadium, but the work continues as opening day draws closer. Aerial photos of the Dow Diamond with the newly installed playing field were taken during much better weather last week. Tuesday the rain…

Indo-Asian News Service, October 16, 2006 Bhopal, Oct 16 (IANS) The Sambhavna Trust Clinic has treated free in 10 years over 22,000 people affected by poisonous gas that leaked from the Union Carbide plant. As it prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary Tuesday, it appealed for donations and public involvement in the voluntary work. Well-known…

Toronto Sun, October 15, 2006 RAIPUR, India — About 200 people were admitted to hospitals with severe breathing problems after an unknown gas leaked from an industrial plant near Bhopal in central India, officials said yesterday. The accident occurred late Saturday in Raisen district, which lies adjacent to Bhopal where more than 3,500 people died…

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 15, 2006 More than 150 people were admitted to hospitals after they complained of a burning sensation in their eyes, severe breathing problems and nausea, district official Arun Bhat was quoted as saying. He said most of the patients had been sent to a hospital in Bhopal and their condition was stable.…

On October 17, 2006, the Boston Coalition for Justice in Bhopal made sure that MIT students attending a Dow recruiting session got the real story, not just Dow’s feel-good propaganda. About 30 chemistry and chemical engineering doctoral candidates and post-docs were interested enough to come to the MIT recruiting session, but after learning about Dow’s…

Luke Hutson, PRW.com, October 16, 2006 John B. Hess brings oil and gas knowledge to the company. 16 October 2006 – Dow Chemical Company has announced that John B. Hess, chairman and CEO of Hess Corporation, has joined the Dow board of directors. The global activities of the Hess Corporation, which is headquartered in New…

Corporate Voice/Weber Shandwick, October 16, 2006 Wockhardt Hospitals, India’s leading super speciality hospital chain, today announced plans to establish a world-class super speciality hospital in Bhopal in association with Ayushman Medical Diagnostics Ltd. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish Wockhardt Hospital in Bhopal was signed today by Mr. Anil Kamath, President, Wockhardt Hospitals and…

Indo-Asian News Service, October 15, 2006 In Madhya Pradesh 500 people complained of burning eyes and nausea on Sunday after allegedly inhaling toxic gas, the source of which remains unknown, district administration officials said. “Around 200 people in Kirat Nagar, Mendua and Nayapara Tola villages complained of vomiting and burning sensation in their eyes perhaps…

NDTV, October 14, 2006 Around 200 people including women and children fell ill after inhaling some unknown toxic gas in three villages of Umraoganj area on Saturday, official sources said. “People in Kirat Nagar, Mendua and Nayapara Tola villages complained of vomiting and burning sensation in their eyes while some of them fell unconscious after…

Progressive Groups “weigh the evidence” at City Hall Cambridge City Hall – Activists representing peace, the environment, labor and human rights climbed a giant ‘scale of justice’ at 5:30pm on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 to celebrate Cambridge’s unanimous passage of the ‘Justice for Bhopal’ resolution. The legislation asks the City to take shareholder and purchasing…

Okay, maybe not that last part (the pic is a product of wishful thinking and Photoshop). But Dow Board member Jackie Barton, a Professor of Chemistry at CalTech and a former MacArthur “Genius Award” winner, was rudely surprised by a Bhopal supporter on a recent trip to Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Betty, a Wesleyan student…

RACHEL SELZER, PROGRESSIVEU.ORG, OCTOBER 12, 2006 Ask any so-called pro-life activist why they are against abortion and they will invariably mention the “sanctity of life”, and then begin to babble about how god gives us life so we should cherish it and blah blah blah. Then ask them what they feel when they see homeless…