M J Vijayan, Tehelka, December 23, 2006 The CPM machinery has gone into overdrive in Singur to secure the Tata deal; it has left the peasantry, its constituency, totally in the cold In the interests of informed debate on issues of prime importance, one should welcome the CPM campaign in the media with its ‘truths’ [...]
Central Chronicle, Bhopal, December 15, 2006 Bhopal, Dec 14: Expiry dated medicines are used in the treatment of the gas victims, not only this several hospitals are providing fake medicines to the gas hit. Said allegation was made by Satinath Shadangi and Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group for Information and Action. They said that during [...]
The Hindu, December 15, 2006 “Criminal neglect of medical care by State Government” BHOPAL: Four non-government organisations working here among the victims of the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984 and ground water contamination have alleged after conducting raids on Wednesday on two medical stores of the Madhya Pradesh Gas Relief Department that a large [...]
India Channel, December 15, 2006 ‘More than half of the samples collected were of medicines manufactured in Indore which is notorious for manufacturing spurious drugs,’ they said. Bhopal, Dec 14 – Terming it as a ‘citizens raid’, Bhopal gas tragedy survivors’ organisations claimed to have seized a large number of sub-standard and expired drugs from [...]
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz December 14, 2006 PRESS CONFERENCE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Addressing a press conference today representatives of four organisations working among the victims of the Union Carbide gas disaster and ground water contamination [...]
Shel Holtz, Internet Finance, December 7, 2006 Dow’s view of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) is pretty easy to find on the companys website, only two clicks from the home page. There, the company covers charitable giving, education, community involvement, and worldwide social investments. On the social responsibility landing page, the company points with justifiable [...]
Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, December 8, 2006 A world-famous British scientist failed to disclose that he held a paid consultancy with a chemical company for more than 20 years while investigating cancer risks in the industry, the Guardian can reveal. Sir Richard Doll, the celebrated epidemiologist who established that smoking causes lung cancer, was receiving [...]
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL, DECEMBER 7, 2006 In a strongly-attended rally on the occasion of the 22nd Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal four organisations jointly leading the survivors’ struggle condemned the role of the current Central and State governments in aiding the killers of Bhopal and prolonging the torture of [...]
Boston Coalition for Justice in Bhopal, December 7, 2006 More than 1,000 blogs, according to Technorati, have registered protests against Dow Chemical for its refusal to shoulder Union Carbide’s outstanding liabilities in Bhopal. Dow bosses are rattled, and their PR agency is now working on strategies for tackling “activists”. They’ll never get it, will they? [...]
Pervez Bari, Indian Muslims Info, December 7, 2006 Bhopal, Dec 7(IndianMuslims.info) In the face of a new public relations campaign by Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) claiming the company is addressing global public health and water problems, Dow shareholders representing more than $ 278 million announced on Friday that they have filed a resolution with the company [...]
