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Bloomington City Council Passes Bhopal Resolution

Submitted by YogeshSimmhan on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 17:30

The City Council of Bloomington heralded the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy by passing "Resolution 09-21 Recognizing the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Bhopal Disaster and Calling for a Report on Extremely Hazardous Substances Previously Released into the Local Environment" on the evening of Dec 2, 2009, with the support of the Association for India's Development. The resolution was introduced by Stephen Volan and co-sponsored by Dave Rollo.

Council members review resolution

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The Hindu Newspaper Cancel's Dow Chemical Sponsorship

Submitted by YogeshSimmhan on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 05:09

Reacting to the overwhelming outrage against accepting sponsorship from Dow Chemical for their November Music Festival in Chennai, India, The Hindu newspaper cancelled the sponsorship within days of its announcement.
More here: "Dow Chemicals associate sponsorship called off", N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2009.

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Members of Congress tell Dow to clean up Bhopal

Submitted by ShanaOrtman on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 20:54

Members of Congress tell Dow to clean up Bhopal

For immediate release: June 17, 2009

CONTACT: Shana Ortman, ICJB Coordinator, (415)-746-0306, shana@panna.org
Tony Millard, ICJB Spokesperson, (708)-606-8142, aj.millard@gmail.com

Nearly 30 House members support Bhopal survivors’ demands of U.S. chemical maker

Download the entire signed letter here (large pdf file).

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