Toxic Merger
Six of the world’s largest chemical companies are about to merge and create three new mega-corporations. They will control much of the world’s food supply, promoting sterile crops grown in a barren landscape, soaked in dangerous …
Eye care needs in Bhopal Gas Disaster survivors still not met
A paper recently published in ‘Current Science’, by two ex-members of the ‘Students for Bhopal’ group, outlines unmet eye-care needs among survivors of the Bhopal Gas Disaster. “A more regular eye-care unit needs to be set …
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Video: No One Has Cleaned Up This 1980’s Toxic Disaster in India
@Timeline_Now @timelinenews No One Has Cleaned Up This 1980s Toxic Disaster in India
A Toxic Merger Update
A Toxic Merger Update The controversial merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont remains fraught with issues. Despite being under investigation by the EU, Dow’s website seems to reveal that it sees the merger as a done …
An Unwanted Memorial
Over the last week Indian newspapers, including the Times of India, have been reporting that work is proposed to start imminently on a memorial to the Bhopal gas tragedy at the very the scene of the …
New York Court Rules that Union Carbide Can’t Be Sued for Ongoing Pollution in Bhopal
In bad news for the campaign for justice in Bhopal, on May 24th a New York federal appeals court found that Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) could not be sued for the ongoing pollution of drinking water …
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Report’s preliminary findings highlight higher rates of birth defects
Sambhavna Trust report’s preliminary findings highlight higher rates of birth defects in Bhopal’s toxic gas/ contaminated water exposed population than in non-exposed. On the occasion of the 31st Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal. …
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Bhopal Disaster Survivors protest on world environment day
On the occasion of World Environment Day residents from the neighbourhood of Union Carbide’s abandoned factory in Bhopal demonstrated against the Indian government’s failure in removing thousands of tons of poisonous waste for the last 19 …
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Disposal of Union Carbide’s Toxic Waste. Why is This a Problem?
The Hindustan Times reports that the Madhya Pradesh state government plans to dispose of 346 tonnes of toxic waste, from the abandoned Union Carbide factory, at a Pithampur-based treatment, storage and disposal facility. Whilst, in principle, …
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Class Action Against Union Carbide in the New York Courts
Union Carbide Corporation is subject to a federal class-action lawsuit (Sahu II v. UCC), in the Southern District New York Court, and this case focuses on damage caused by the water contamination resulting from toxic chemicals …
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Indian Environment Ministry ‘Red Flags’ UNEP Contamination Assessment Offer
An offer from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to perform a comprehensive assessment of the depth and spread of contaminants in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has been ‘red-flagged’ by the …
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UNEP Offers Contamination Assessment of Bhopal Disaster Site to Government of India
In a significant development for the Bhopal Disaster case, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has offered to undertake a full evaluation of the spread of toxic waste at the derelict Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. …
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