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She's the Bee's Knees
Rashida Bee of Bhopal, India, fights against the company that devastated her community |
Michelle Nijhuis |
19 Apr 2004 |
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| Shukla (left) and Bee. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize On the night of December 2, 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal, a massive poisonous gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide factory killed 8,000 people. Over the course of 20 years, the infamous disaster has caused an estimated 20,000 deaths, countless birth defects, and a litany of other ser ... |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, health, India, interview, toxics (all these topics) |
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