Tag: Sambhavna
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Lapierre calls for Empowered Commission on Bhopal tragedy
Bhopal: Internationally acclaimed writer Dominique Lapierre, who co-authored the book “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal” about the deadly gas tragedy, Tuesday expressed hope that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will soon set up the Empowered Commission to look into the matter. Addressing a press conference on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas…
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A visit to the Sambhavna Trust Clinic in Bhopal, April 3rd to 7th 2007
BY DOCTOR BISWANATH GOUDA I never understood it when people used to say that it’s easier to make rational decisions when you are not part of the problem you are trying to understand. Not until April 2004. That summer, after graduating with a Masters in Public Health from Tulane I stumbled upon the AID website…
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Survivors present evidence of medical problems, efficacy of yoga and ayurveda, slam state healthcare system as incompetent, apathetic and corrupt
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal Ki Aawaaz February 27, 2007 PRESS STATEMENT At a Press Conference today a group of people suffering from different chronic ailments due to Union Carbide’s poisonous chemicals shared their experience of getting sustained relief…
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Bhopali children painting for justice
Over 700 children including students from 11 schools participated today in the drawing and painting contest organized by the Sambhavna Trust Clinic. Children made drawings on the subject of the Union Carbide gas disaster or contamination of ground water due to Carbide’s toxic waste. Books and games were awarded to 17 children selected by three…
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Bhopal vigil in support of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims
Staff of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic in Bhopal, and a large number of their supporters held a vigil at Roshanpura Square today in support of the victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam. The Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange have declared August 10th, the first day that the US army sprayed chemicals over Vietnam, to be…
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Study proves second generational effects of Carbide’s gases
The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association last month published a ground breaking study carried out by the Sambhavna Trust Clinic which conclusively proves that the poison gases released by Union Carbide’s factory in Bhopal on December 3rd 1984 have had a severe medical impact on a generation unborn at the time of the…
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Over 50 UK M.P.s support the ICJB
On the 24th March Halifax M.P. Alice Mahon filed Early Day Motion 933 in the UK parliament in support of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal’s efforts to make Dow and Union Carbide face up to their moral and legal responsibilities in Bhopal. The motion also applauds the ICJB’s efforts on the extradition of…