The hearing of the curative petition seeking additional compensation for victims of the Bhopal gas disaster, which was due to begin on the 11th February in the Supreme Court of India, has been delayed once again. […]
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Thousands of survivors of the gas disaster in Bhopal could be facing a crisis in medical care after 14 of the 15 doctors at The Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre walked out of their jobs
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Survivors in Bhopal mark 29 years since the Union Carbide gas disaster with marches, a torchlit rally and the burning of a Dow Chemical effigy. Leaders of five organizations of the survivors of the disaster also
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Five survivors’ organizations in Bhopal have condemned the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for not fulfilling promises made of carrying out beneficial medical research on the health conditions of hundreds of thousands of survivors of
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On Friday 30th August 2013, thousands of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today marched to the Chief Minister’s residence demanding that the state government walk its talk on the matter of additional compensation
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released findings from a recent study which show the ground around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to still contain dangerous levels of toxic waste. CSE, a
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For over 13 years doctors and yoga practitioners at the Sambhavna Trust Clinic in Bhopal have been using yoga techniques amongst other natural therapies to treat those suffering from lung conditions including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
On June 27th 2013 the U.S. Second Circuit Appeals Court affirmed a District Court order granting summary judgment to Union Carbide Corporation in the civil action Sahu v. UCC, which began in 2004. The action sought
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Last week, Satinath Sarangi and Safreen Khan from Bhopal were invited to speak at Unison’s 2013 National Delegate Conference in Liverpool. Safreen Khan – whose parents were affected by the 1984 disaster was representing the International
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Photographer Francesca Moore visited Sambhavna from December 2012 and January 2013 to photograph flora & fauna in the medicinal herb gardens. Thank you for the beautiful photographs Francesca!
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Today in Mumbai more than 200 survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster occupied the offices of Dow Chemical Corporation in Vikhroli, Mumbai. Union Carbide has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical since 2001. The
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Thousands of people suffered agonising deaths in 1984 when Union Carbide released a cloud of toxic gas in Bhopal, India. Another 15,000 died afterwards, victims of the toxic cloud of methyl-isocyanate gas (MIC), and 100,000 still
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