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Article

13 Jul 2009

Author:
The Yes Men [blog]

Dow runs scared from water

A new, beautifully-designed line of bottled water...from the contaminated ground near the site of the 1984 Bhopal catastrophe - scared Dow Chemical's London management team into hiding today....The launch of "B'eau-Pal" water came as Bhopal prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal catastrophe, and coincides with the release of an official report by the Sambhavna Trust showing that local groundwater, vegetables, and breast milk are contaminated by toxic quantities of nickel, chromium, mercury, lead, and volatile organic compounds.

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UK: Yes Men ask Dow executives to drink contaminated water - highlighting after-effects of Bhopal gas disaster

Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal, filed in India)

Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal, filed in the US)