Sunny Brighton very much lived up to its reputation for the weekend of the 2017 Brighton Marathon, on Sunday 9th April, with glorious blue skies and blistering heat to welcome the runners. The fabulous weather also […]
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‘Dow Chemical Want Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and ADHD.’ Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxic pesticide widely used in U.S. agriculture (Dow’s chlorpyrifos trade names include: Dursban, Lorsban, Lock-On Insecticide, Cobalt). Generally sprayed on
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April 5th saw the culmination of several weeks of projects and workshops hosted by the Bhopal Medical Appeal at St. Luke’s School in Brighton. The course, running over 6 weeks, included an introductory talk to the
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Marathon season is upon us and this Sunday, 9th April, three runners will tackle the Brighton Marathon on our behalf. Then, on Sunday, 23rd April, we have a single runner tackling the London Marathon and we
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A petition to ban Dow from importing or using a single drop of isocyanate in India, until they have met their obligations to clean up Union Carbide’s Bhopal site: CLICK Isocyanates are a family of highly
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The EU has now approved the controversial merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont which, according to Friends of the Earth, has serious implications for future food safety. Adrian Bebb, a Friends of the Earth spokesperson, said:
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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
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Over June and July, 2016, Canadian photographer Spencer Wynn took control of the Bhopal Medical Appeal Instagram feed with a daily picture post over 51 days. Each image was accompanied by a telling caption and juxtaposed
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This post is by Ginny Childs, a student who took the Exeter University Geography module behind the website http://followthethings.com/ It’s a piece of coursework that she wrote in response to Sofia Ashraf’s ‘Dow vs. Bhopal: a toxic
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The dossier and open letter below were first published after the naming and shaming of Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris and board member James Ringler, along with the major shareholders of Dow, as they were awarded
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Under current CEO Andrew Liveris, Donald Trump’s appointment as the new head of the American Manufacturing Council, Dow Chemical may have offered a template for the way Mr.Trump’s administration wishes US companies to conduct their business.
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Dow Agro Sciences India Blacklisted, 2010, After Bribing Indian Officials US Background 1994 Dow Elanco agreed to discontinue what the New York attorney general characterized as deceptive claims in a Dursban brochure. 1995. The EPA fine
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