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| Dow sues penniless Bhopal survivors |
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WOW. And you thought the Midland dioxin
situation was DOW's finest hour.
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Mon 23 December 2002 |
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| In a stunning example of corporate
insensibility, Dow Chemical, the worlds largest chemical company,
and new owners of Union Carbide is to sue survivors of the 1984
Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India. While the site of the
disaster lies covered in toxic waste and survivors struggle with
continuing ill health and deadly pollution from the site, Dow has
decided to add to their woes with a Indian lawsuit. |
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Yes that's right - the very people Dow should be
helping are now facing a lawsuit from one of the world most powerful
corporations. Why are they acting in such an amazingly perverse
manner? On December 2nd a peaceful march of 200 women survivors from
Bhopal delivered toxic waste from the abandoned Carbide factory back
to Dow's Indian headquarters in Bombay with the demand that Dow take
responsibility for the disaster and clean up the site. Dow obviously
has other ideas because they are suing survivors for about US$10,000
for "loss of work". That's US$10,000 compensation demanded for a two
hour peaceful protest where only one Dow employee briefly ventured
out of the Mumbai corporate business park to meet the women
protestors.
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