Update On My Original Bhopal Post
An Update - 06/19/2009 On My Original Bhopal BLOG/Article
Today (Friday, June 19, 2009) in the Hitavada Newspaper (Daily) in Jabalpur, India I read an article titled "Dow asked to rehab Bhopal gas victims"
by Lalit K Jha.
I want readers to know that the picture is not as bad as perhaps I indicated in my original Blog post this week.Today I read that 27 US Congress members signed & delivered a letter to the CEO & Chairman of Dow Chemical Company (current owner of the former Union Carbide Plant, gas leak tragedy) Andrew Liveris. The letter was endorsed by survivors of the tragedy as represented by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal and was spearheaded by New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone.
In his comments Pallone was quoted as saying "After 25 years, the human and environmental tragedy of the Bhopal chemical disaster remains with us" … " while thousands continue to suffer, Union Carbide and its successor, Dow Chemical, have yet to be brought to justice … members of Congress will continue to fight against companies that evade civil and criminal liability by exploiting international borders and legal jurisdictions.
I want to thank Congressman Pallone & the other members of Congress for the bold & decisive leadership on this issue. It renews my faith in what our public servants & elected representatives are elected to do on our behalf.
*The below link is to a letter Pallone wrote to the Prime Minister of India last year & to his website.
http://www.house.gov/list/press/nj06_pallone/pr_june5_bhopalvictims.html
Blessings,
Adisaji
My Trip to Bhopal, India: Issues In Globalization
This Blog/Article talks about my recent visit to Bhopal, India site of the world’s worst “un-natural” disaster at the Union Carbide chemical plant on December 3, 1984. 25 years later I visited the site and talk about my observations & implications for the future of our present course towards globalization.
Bhopal 25 Years Later - My Blog/Article
* To view the entire Blog/Article please visit the below link for a free PDF download.
http://www.ikologiks.org/innerstanding09.html
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