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If Not Dow, When?
Dow Chemical evades legal responsibility for chemical spill in India |
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10 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:09 AM on 10 Sep 2007 In 1984, thousands of people in Bhopal, India, were killed by the effects of a cyanide leak from a U.S.-owned pesticide plant. The plant owner, Union Carbide Corp., was bought by Dow Chemical in 2001; since then, Dow has evaded responsibility for cleaning up the more than 9,000 tons of chemicals still affecting soil and water near the site. The company has now offered to pay p ... |
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| Topics: India, jackassery, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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