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Investigative Report: Flavoring agent destroys lungs

Jul 31, 2006

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CHRIS BOWMAN, SACRAMENTO BEE, JULY 30, 2006 By the time Irma Ortiz discovered she had been breathing toxic fumes on her job as a mixer at Carmi Flavors near Los Angeles, she had lost at least 70 percent of her lung capacity. Ortiz, 44, a nonsmoker who used to lift 50-pound bags routinely, now finds…

Students call for University of California to sever links with Dow

Mar 11, 2005

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In another manifestation of what has become the largest students campaign against Dow since the Vietnam War, students at the University of California called for the university to divest from Dow and refuse further donations. Among the reasons given were the unresolved Bhopal liabilities of Dow’s 100%-owned subsidiary Union Carbide, which is officially “an absconder…

Echoes of Bhopal in California

Apr 17, 2004

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Rashida Bee, Margie Richards from Norco, Louisiana, Hilton Kelley from Port Arthur, Texas — all residents of toxic hotspots — today went on a toxic tour of one of the Bay Area Bhopals, guided by Denny Larson of Bucket Brigade fame and Henry Clark of the local NGO West Country Toxic Coalition. Richmond, California is…

San Francisco asks Dow to produce Carbide for trial

Apr 15, 2004

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The City of San Francisco has become the first US city to pass a resolution urging Dow to address its liabilities in Bhopal. “It is unforgivable that survivors of the disaster are being revictimized by the inaction of Union Carbide and its new owner Dow Chemical,” said City of San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin today.…

Absolutely positively your last chance to meet Rasheeda and Champa

Jun 9, 2003

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Lucky San Franciscans. To meet Rasheeda Apa and Champa Didi before they fly back to India, please call Kinnu on (832)-444-1731