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• On April 15, 2004 Miami, USA, District Judge Adalberto Jordan refused to throw out federal charges against Greenpeace for protesting a shipment of Amazon mahogany, setting up a trial that
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Selling a liability
The Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, which devastated the city, has changed hands. The plant that made methylisocyanate (mic) infamous throughout the world has been taken over from the us-based
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Vulnerable gas claim courts to be shifted
The Welfare Commissioner, Bhopal Gas Victims, Bhopal announced that the claim courts located in far off places as well as at disturbed places would be closed. The same courts will operate from safer
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Gas victims to demonstrate in New Delhi
Gas Pidit Nirashrit Morcha, Bhopal will demonstrate at Parliament in New Delhi on November 18. The main demands of Gas Pidit Nirashrit Morcha are that prime accused in Bhopal gas tragedy Warren
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The scars remain
More hospital beds are not the answer, say survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster
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Bearing Dow's burden
Press release hoax . The Bhopal Gas Disaster: Targeting Dow Chemical . USA Negligence, not sabotage, according to a New Scientist report, caused the 1984 Bhopal disaster, when toxic gases leaked
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Lessons from Bhopal
That fatal gas leak of December 1984, which made Bhopal synonymous with inustrial disasters the world over, has yielded innumerable lessons - mostly on how not to manage such tragic events. One of
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City mourns 'Hiroshima of chemical disaster'
In the presence of Bhopal Governor Ramprakash Gupta a meeting was organised on the 19th anniversary of gas tragedy. Tributes to those who died in the tragedy was paid. Chief Minsiter Digvijay Singh
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Anderson was haunted by the gas tragedy
BRIDGEHAMPTON (NEW YORK): The former head of the chemical company responsible for the gas leak that killed thousands of people in Bhopal 25 years ago has been
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Pollution in Bhopal around tragedy site
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carried out a study to assess the status of ground water quality and soil characteristics around Bhopal gas accident site in the surroundings of Union Carbide of India Ltd. (UCIL), Bhopal. The CPCB study confirms presence of heavy metals, pesticides and some of the volatile organic compounds in the soil samples and the groundwater.
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Bhopal gas victims to get free Medicare
Vociferous protests from the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has forced the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre to stop charging them for their treatment. At a meeting of the Bhopal
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Bhopal gas victims still gasping for breath
On December 2-3 15000 people were killed in Bhopal when 41 tonnes of Methyl Isocyanate, a poisonous gas leaked from one of the tanks of Union Carbide Corporation
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Chronic toxicity from Union Carbide
Milind Ghatwai A day before the Bhopal gas tragedy completes 25 years, the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed that chemicals dumped in the Union Carbide plant continue to contaminate land and groundwater.
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Bhopal gas victims protest against visit
Led by victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, a host of NGOs in Bhopal today staged a demonstration to protest against US President Bill Clinton's India
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Legislators in US urge Dow to clean plant site
LALIT K JHA WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI Union Carbide plant paid US $470 million in damages for the deadly gas leak from the plant in Bhopal on December 3, 1984
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'Gas poisoning still a threat '
Even after 15 years of the Bhopal gas disaster, people were still exposed to dangers of Bhopal-like tragedies, Greenpeace International said yesterday. "People are still being poisoned and
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Hydro-cynic acid hits digestive system of Gas victims
Noted doctors and medical experts all over the country assembled at Bhopal for a Digestive disease workshop reached a conclusion after a lengthy debate that Bhopal gas victims were suffering from
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Smart cards for Bhopal gas victims
The Centre has agreed to release Rs 10 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government for issuing identity cards (smart cards) to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy enabling them to avail medical
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Low carbon society scenario - Bhopal 2035
Bhopal is leaving a huge carbon footprint on the environment due to its energy consumption pattern and continuous depletion of green cover. There is a rapid increase in energy consumption by the urban
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Safety failure led to Bhopal gas tragedy
Safety measures failure led to Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This was stated by an employee of UCIL in a Bhopal Court on Tuesday. A former employee of Union Carbide India Ltd. asserted that all safety measures