Archive for May, 2010

Survivors critical of Martin Sheen film

May 31, 2010 1 Comment by

A film starring top Hollywood actors that dramatises the Bhopal gas disaster has been criticised by campaigners and participants in the tragedy for misrepresenting individuals and the facts. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is due for release this autumn with Mischa Barton and Martin Sheen in leading roles. Shot largely in India, it portrays the [...]

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Toxic Soup, The Politics of Pollution: documentary

May 10, 2010 No Comments by

A welcome visit to this website from Rory Owen Delaney brings news of his latest documentary, Toxic Soup, a Michael Moore style investigation into lives lived under the smokestack shade of giant chemical plants. The ultimate reference point for everyone living near a chemical factory is Bhopal and the terror of what happened there. After [...]

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What fate for survivors of an Indian nuclear disaster?

May 04, 2010 No Comments by

ICJB press release of 4 May, 2010 here Bhopal gas survivors gathered outside the Prime Minister of India’s office in New Delhi to file Right-to-Information (RTI) requests regarding the civil nuclear liability bill and its relationship with the lessons of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal. “We want to know whether the lingering concerns of [...]

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Sea turtles subvert Dow-funded Live Earth Run

May 01, 2010 No Comments

18 April, 2010. NEW DELHI Hindustan Sea Turtle Alliance (HASTA), organizers of the Live Earth Run for Water in New Delhi, revealed today that they were a fictitious group set up to expose the global event as Dow Chemical’s attempt to sidestep its legal responsibilities by engaging in greenwash. The Dow Live Earth Run for [...]

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