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On the night of December 2nd, 1984, a defective tank at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal began leaking 27 tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air. By…
Read MoreLate in the night of 2 December 1984 poor safety measures led to the release of 27 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from a pesticide plant owned by Union…
Read MoreAmnesty International has mailed all of its members asking them to take part in their ‘Don’t Dow It’ campaign, opposing Dow’s olympic sponsorship, and we hope that you may be…
Read More‘Race Into Time’ is a travelling exhibition providing a response to the presence of the Olympic Games in Britian this year. Questions are asked such as why did the olympic…
Read MoreThis week, students at the British International School in New York have been learning about the Bhopal gas disaster. The students gathered to watch a presentation focused on the 10,000…
Read MoreEarlier this week, news emerged of plans to transfer 350 metric tonnes of toxic chemical waste from the former Union Carbide premises in Bhopal to Germany for incineration. On Monday…
Read MoreThe sponsorship of the London Olympics by international chemical giant Dow has caused yet more controversy this week as Vietnam calls for Dow’s Olympic sponsorship to be axed. The 2012…
Read MoreThe Group of Ministers (GoM) for the Bhopal gas tragedy have drawn up plans for the 350 metric tonnes of waste remaining inside the abandoned Union Carbide premises to be…
Read MoreThe International Campaign for Justice (ICJB) in Bhopal North America condemns in the strongest terms Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The London Olympics Committee forgot, or…
Read MoreApril 16th marked the 100 day countdown to the start of the London Olympics: 100 days for some of the world’s most disreputable corporations – such as Dow, Rio Tinto…
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