INDIA: Bhopal survivors protest oil company
On February 28, hundreds of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal disaster protested outside the headquarters of Indian Oil Corporation, in response to the announcement that IOC proposed purchasing Union Carbide technology from its new owner, Dow chemical. Union Carbide was responsible for the chemical spill that killed 20,000 people, and injured around 500,000 more.
From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, March 9, 2005.
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