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Autumn
2007
This
newsletter is a massive 32 pager - we have spent the long
gap since the last one documenting the epidemic of children
born damaged in communities neighbouring the derelict Union
Carbide factory.
"What
the people of Atul Ayub Nagar didn’t know, because
no one had told them, was that the ground on the other side
of the factory wall, yards from their houses, was severely
contaminated by toxins. A private Union Carbide memo (above)
never meant for publication, reports that samples of water
taken inside the factory proved instantly fatal to fish.
Fish died too, in water to which dry soil samples had been
added. The causes? Naphthol (abdominal pain, convulsions,
diarrhoea and vomiting) and naphthalene (anaemia, cataracts,
retinal damage, liver and brain damage, possible cancer).
Carbide had known of the danger since 1989, but it issued
no warnings. Its bosses in India and the US watched silently
as families already ruined by Carbide’s gases drank,
and bathed their kids in, poisoned water."
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from the Autumn 2007 issue of 777.
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Spring
2006
Where
our last newsletter found its focus in the herbal work of
the clinic, the Spring 2006 concentrates on allopathic (modern)
medicine. There are articles on the work of the gynaecology
clinic, mental health issues, the primary school we have
started in the small hamlet of Oriya Basti, as well as news
of FC United of Bhopal, the sports club founded for the
benefit of children living in the poorest communities.
The
special appeal for Mr Mohammed Idris, who was in great need
of an operation to repair a hole in his heart, has met with
a very warm and generous response. We now have the funds
needed for the operation, and the surplus has gone into
a fund to provide life-saving operations for those who would
otherwise never be able to afford them.
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Combined
2005 Newsletter
New Clinic commemorative issue
Because
of the size of this newsletter, 32 pages, it was decided to
have just one issue this year instead of two, so it's like
a two-in-one.
This
issue was designed to give a very full picture of the continuing
need in Bhopal, the building and work of the new clinic, and
in particular the medicinal herb garden. We follow the work
of preparing the garden, planting, harvesting, the making
of medicines and their use in ayurvedic treatment
In
this issue too the visit of painter Jeff Stride to Bhopal
and details of the forthcoming exhibition in aid of the Bhopal
Medical Appeal. Plus of course, a whole year of thank-yous
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2004
Twentieth Anniversary issue |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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