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Bhopal40 US Tour: U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Councilmember Santiago-Romero Join Bhopal Survivors Call to Dow for Justice
Detroiters join survivors of world’s worst industrial accident to hold Dow accountable, demand justice
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What Happened in Bhopal?
On December 3rd, 1984, in the middle of the night, thousands of people were gassed to death because of a catastrophic chemical leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. More than 150,000 people were left severely disabled, and 22,000 people have since died of their injuries. For these reasons the Bhopal gas disaster is widely acknowledged as the WORLD’S WORST-EVER INDUSTRIAL DISASTER. What Leaked and…
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Why Bhopal Matters
“We should never lose sight of the fact that Bhopal can happen in the United States.” -Al Cholger, an international representative for the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union (PACE), speaking in the July, 2003 (Edition of “Labor Notes”) “We are aware that the day we succeed in holding Dow Chemical liable for the…