Express News Service , The New Indian Express Posted on Aug 12, 2011 at 10:32am IST CHENNAI: Victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy have written to the Prime Minister asking him to register his protest with the UK government for accepting Dow Chemical’s sponsorship for the 2012 Olympics to be held in [...]
10-Aug-2011 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4b245556-c2ae-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1UhNtIsb2 By Vanessa Kortekaas in London and Girija Shivakumar in New Delhi Anger is mounting in India at the appointment of Dow Chemical as a 2012 Olympics sponsor, marking the fiercest criticism yet of the London committee’s sponsorship programme. The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) recently selected Dow to produce a [...]
Anant Rangaswami Aug 9, 2011 http://www.firstpost.com/world/olympics-organisers-have-forgotten-what-they-stand-for-56805.html Have you ever heard of a company called Palomar Pomerado Health? No? I hadn’t either, till yesterday. Their website says that “Palomar Pomerado Health receives hundreds of requests each year to financially sponsor events: street fairs, luncheons, galas, rotaries, chambers of commerce etc. In order for us to promptly [...]
Hemender SharmaHemender Sharma, CNN-IBN Updated Aug 07, 2011 at 08:52am IST http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhopal-drug-trials-conducted-on-gas-victims/173624-3.html Bhopal: Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has been carrying out clinical trials on gas victims. CNN-IBN has accessed documents that show that at least 80 per cent of the patients on whom trials were conducted, were victims of the gas tragedy. What [...]
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/871416-london-olympics-sponsor-dow-dont-judge-us-on-bhopal-deaths#ixzz1UFQUAtt0 Joel Taylor – 4th August, 2011 London 2012 Olympics sponsor Dow: don’t judge us on Bhopal deaths The Dow Chemical Company, which has links to the infamous Bhopal chemical disaster, has defended its plans to sponsor the £7 million Olympic stadium ‘wrap’. The wrap, which will be seen by 4billion TV viewers, was scrapped [...]
Muttemwar raises Bhopal toxic waste matter in LS TNN Aug 4, 2011, 01.07am IST Tags: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-04/nagpur/29849758_1_toxic-waste-toxic-material-nagpur NAGPUR: City MP Vilas Muttemwar has opposed the proposal to dispose of in Nagpur the toxic waste from Union Carbide plant site in Bhopal. Raising the issue in Parliament, he has also sought a clear-cut policy on disposal of [...]
