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Archive for January, 2012
Meredith Alexander becomes Bhopal’s latest heroine
Jan 27 2012 by BMA Web Editor
Meredith Alexander becomes Bhopal’s latest heroine Meredith Alexander, former Sustainability Commissioner and Ethics Adviser to Lord Coe and Mayor Boris Johnson, has acquired overnight celebrity status in Bhopal, India. Her resignation live …
Indian Olympics Chief renews call for London 2012 to drop Dow
Jan 27 2012 by BMA Web Editor
Indian Olympics Chief renews call for London 2012 to drop Dow The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has today renewed their demand for London 2012 organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to …
London 2012 Sustainability Commissioner quits over Dow sponsorship
Jan 26 2012 by BMA Web Editor
Meredith Alexander, Sustainability Commissioner and Ethics Adviser to Lord Coe & LOCOG, quits over Dow Chemical sponsorship: The London 2012 Olympic Games were embroiled in further controversy last night as Meredith Alexander, …
Going the extra mile: Sussex students and staff running the Brighton Marathon for the BMA
Jan 26 2012 by Jade in Brighton
Andrew Chitty, lecturer in Philosophy at Sussex University is leading the UniSus Bhopal Runners, a group of 20 staff and students who are running the Brighton Marathon for the Bhopal Medical Appeal. …
Award winning Bhopal documentary screens in London
Jan 24 2012 by BMA Web Editor
Award winning Bhopal documentary screens in London The prestigious Frontline Club in London is to show a screening of Van Maximilian Carlson’s award-winning documentary about Bhopal. The screening will be followed with …
Indian authorities plan to burn toxic Bhopal waste in Mumbai
Jan 20 2012 by BMA Web Editor
Burning toxic Bhopal waste in Mumbai – what could possibly go wrong? Indian media are reporting that highly toxic waste from Bhopal is ‘headed for Mumbai’ today and allege that as a …
Support for petition to ‘Drop Dow’ continues to grow
Jan 20 2012 by BMA Web Editor
As 2012 begins, opposition to the Dow Chemical company’s sponsorship of the London 2012 games continues. A petition, demanding that the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and its chairman, …
