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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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