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got this in an email, shameful..
Greedy Gits!
18 years after one of the worst chemical leaks in history, the people of
Bhopal are still waiting for justice in the wake of the Union Carbide
disaster. Proving how little the powers that be actually care about people’s
suffering, Dow Chemicals (who now own Union Carbide) have told the people of
Bhopal that there’ll be no compensation or clean-up because it would piss
off shareholders and fellow Multinationals.
On the 25th of November, a group of survivors of Union Carbide and
supporters of the Campaign for Justice in Bhopal tried to clean up some of
the toxic waste that’s still poisoning their land and water supplies. Police
waded in and 100 were arrested.
Neither the government nor Dow have done anything to protect the health of
the people living round the factory site. More than 20,000 have now died as
a direct result of the disastrous pesticide leak at the Union Carbide
factory on December 3rd 1984. And a further 150 000 have been left
chronically ill. Unsurprisingly, Dow hasn’t paid a cent towards the victims’
often massive medical bills.
Though every single legal investigation has found Union Carbide guilty of
criminal negligence, both Union Carbide and Dow have consistently denied
these findings. “We understand the anger and hurt,” said Dow Spokesperson
Bob Questra. “But Dow does not and cannot acknowledge responsibility. Our
responsibility is to our shareholders. If we accepted responsibility we
would be required to expend many billions of dollars on cleanup and
compensation – much worse, the public could then point to Dow as a precedent
in other big cases. We are unable to set this precedent for ourselves and
the industry, much as we would like to see the issue resolved in a humane
and satisfying way.”
Shareholders are delighted. One said, “Bhopal is a recurrent problem that’s
clogging our value chain and ultimately keeping the share price from
expressing its full potential. This has cleared the way.” www.bhopal.net
Greedy Gits!
18 years after one of the worst chemical leaks in history, the people of
Bhopal are still waiting for justice in the wake of the Union Carbide
disaster. Proving how little the powers that be actually care about people’s
suffering, Dow Chemicals (who now own Union Carbide) have told the people of
Bhopal that there’ll be no compensation or clean-up because it would piss
off shareholders and fellow Multinationals.
On the 25th of November, a group of survivors of Union Carbide and
supporters of the Campaign for Justice in Bhopal tried to clean up some of
the toxic waste that’s still poisoning their land and water supplies. Police
waded in and 100 were arrested.
Neither the government nor Dow have done anything to protect the health of
the people living round the factory site. More than 20,000 have now died as
a direct result of the disastrous pesticide leak at the Union Carbide
factory on December 3rd 1984. And a further 150 000 have been left
chronically ill. Unsurprisingly, Dow hasn’t paid a cent towards the victims’
often massive medical bills.
Though every single legal investigation has found Union Carbide guilty of
criminal negligence, both Union Carbide and Dow have consistently denied
these findings. “We understand the anger and hurt,” said Dow Spokesperson
Bob Questra. “But Dow does not and cannot acknowledge responsibility. Our
responsibility is to our shareholders. If we accepted responsibility we
would be required to expend many billions of dollars on cleanup and
compensation – much worse, the public could then point to Dow as a precedent
in other big cases. We are unable to set this precedent for ourselves and
the industry, much as we would like to see the issue resolved in a humane
and satisfying way.”
Shareholders are delighted. One said, “Bhopal is a recurrent problem that’s
clogging our value chain and ultimately keeping the share price from
expressing its full potential. This has cleared the way.” www.bhopal.net
