Archive for November, 2003

Study proves second generational effects of Carbide's gases

Nov 30, 2003 No Comments by

The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association last month published a ground breaking study carried out by the Sambhavna Trust Clinic which conclusively proves that the poison gases released by Union Carbide’s factory in Bhopal on December 3rd 1984 have had a severe medical impact on a generation unborn at the time of the [...]

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Investors take Dow at their word and demand Bhopal report

Nov 26, 2003 No Comments by

Its that man Liveris’k’ again, already. You see, there’s always a danger that someone is going to take your words to mean what they say. Then they may just ask you to back them up. Today, Boston Common Asset Management(BCAM)did just that when they filed a shareholder resolution with Dow requesting that they “institute new [...]

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COO – EEEEE! New Dow Chief Exec goes gaga

Nov 23, 2003 No Comments by

A history of world-class operations? Best global standards? You might imagine that we make this sort of thing up. We don’t – Dow’s potty new Chief Operating Officer Andrew Liveris does. His elevation to the top of the toxic pile has presented us with a ‘world-class’ fantasist. “The similarities between our people and the strong [...]

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+++ Urgent Action Alert +++ Take action against corporate crime on Dec 3 2003

Nov 20, 2003 No Comments

The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal has declared the upcoming anniversary – 03/12/03 — of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, the ‘Global Day of Action Against Corporate Crime’. Besides coordinating protests against Dow-Union Carbide facilities worldwide, the ICJB invites all groups fighting corporate crime to take action on December 3 against the [...]

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36 years on, outraged students again unite against Dow

Nov 06, 2003 No Comments

Reviving memories of the fierce Vietnam War protests at universities in the 1960’s, students at 20 colleges across the United States are once again organizing against Dow, this time united in their demand that Dow accept its moral and legal responsibilities in Bhopal. They’ve banded together to form Students for Bhopal, a national network that [...]

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Dow union passes historic resolution supporting Bhopal survivors

Nov 04, 2003 No Comments

Well, we said it didn’t look like Dow’s year. Bhopal.net can exclusively reveal that the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union (PACE) unanimously passed a resolution on Bhopal/Dow at its first constitutional convention held in Las Vegas, Nev., Aug. 18-22, 2003. Placing Dow’s squalid double standards in the spotlight, the resolution states that, [...]

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