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What happened in Bhopal?

Last edited 7 November 2001 at 9:00am
Bhopal

Bhopal

20,000 dead. 150,000 survivors chronically ill. Communities still drinking contaminated groundwater 18 years later - because Dow has not yet cleaned up the dangerous chemicals Union Carbide left behind....

Between 1977 and 1984, Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), located within a crowded working class neighbourhood in Bhopal, was licensed by the Madhya Pradesh Government to manufacture phosgene, monomethylamine (MMA), methylisocyanate (MIC) and the pesticide carbaryl, also known as Sevin.

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Thousands stranded in flooded Orissa

Posted by bex — 19 July 2001 at 8:00am - Comments
Globe showing climate change

Globe showing climate change

The eastern Indian state of Orissa has received 84% more rain than usual resulting in floods that have left 30 people dead and up to 500,000 marooned. The floods - have affected more than four million people and 7,000 villages.

It is still raining heavily in parts of Orissa and the death toll is rising according to local officials. The federal government in Delhi has pledged some $22m in aid to the region.

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Unilever admits to dumping of mercury in Indian tourist town

Last edited 22 March 2001 at 9:00am
22 March, 2001

The Anglo-Dutch multinational, Unilever, has admitted that the mercury contaminated waste dumps exposed by Greenpeace and local citizens' groups two weeks ago, originated from its mercury thermometer factory in the Indian tourist town of Kodiakanal.

Although its Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Lever, initially denied responsibility for the 5.3 tonnes of wastes lying at the Munjikal scrapyard in Kodaikanal, it finally closed its factory pending an investigation and has said it will assess the environmental consequences of the dump.

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Lever, clean up, don't cover up

Last edited 12 March 2001 at 9:00am
12 March, 2001
unilever mercury dumpMumbai/Chennai, 09 March, 2001

Palni Hills Conservation Council, United Citizens Council of Kodaikanal, Greenpeace and New Delhi-based Toxics Link have dismissed as an "insensitive PR exercise" Hindustan Lever's official response of temporarily suspending production at their polluting mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal. The groups were responding to HLL's attempt to "cover up" their environmental crime by saying that there was a "remote chance" that mercury-containing broken thermometers may have left the factory and attributing it to a possible "human error."

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Greenpeace accuses Unilever of negligence over mercury poisoning of Indian tourist resort

Last edited 7 March 2001 at 9:00am
7 March, 2001
unilever mercury dumpKodaikanal, India, March 7 2001, Greenpeace today accused Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever, owners of Lipton Tea and Dove soap, of double standards and shameful negligence for allowing its Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Lever, to dump several tonnes of highly toxic mercury waste in the densely populated tourist resort of Kodaikanal and the surrounding protected nature reserve of Pambar Shola, in Tamilnadu, Southern India.
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