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DESCRIPTION:Dear friends,\n\nOVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN BHOPAL, INDIA ARE SUFFERING 
 DEVASTATING HEALTH EFFECTS BECAUSE OF A CRIME COMMITED BY A U.S. COMPANY 
 THAT HAS NEVER BEEN REDRESSED.\n\nTHIS COMPANY, DOW-CARBIDE, IS NOW AT U.C. 
 BERKELEY TRYING TO RE-INVENT ITSELF AS 'SUSTAINABLE'.\n\nWHY SHOULD YOU 
 CARE AND WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN BHOPAL?\nCOME FIND 
 OUT...\n\nJoin us on Monday, Feb 4th, 2008, for a discussion on the Bhopal 
 Gas Disaster, the current situation in the Bhopal survivors' campaign in 
 India, and ongoing efforts in US and Indian universities to pressure Dow 
 Chemical Company to redress the situation in Bhopal.\n\nDow is the sole 
 owner of Union Carbide, which is responsible for the gas tragedy of 
 December 3, 1984. The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB), 
 which spans three continents, continues the struggle for justice. ICJB also 
 recognizes and continues to build links with organizations holding Dow 
 Chemical accountable for other horrors such as production of Napalm and 
 Agent Orange during the Vietnam War as well as production of dioxin.\n\nWe 
 are especially fortunate to be joined by Aquene Freechild of ICJB, also a 
 Students for Bhopal Board Member. We will show a SHORT FILM, SHARE 
 INFORMATION AND UPDATES, AND HOLD AN OPEN DISCUSSION ON THE DIRECTION AND 
 STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN at Berkeley and in the Bay Area.\n\n** DATE AND 
 TIME: Monday, February 4, 2008, 6.30 to 8.00 pm\n** PLACE: Room 166 Barrows 
 Hall, UC Berkeley campus. This building is on the south side of campus, 
 near the intersection of Bancroft Wy & Telegraph Ave, for a map, pls see, 
 http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/large_map.html\n\nCONTACT: 415-728-8292, 
 the Berkeley chapter of the International Campaign for Justice in 
 Bhopal\n\nPLEASE FORWARD WIDELY.\n\n\nMore Information about Bhopal and Dow 
 Chemical:\n\nIn 1984, an explosion at a Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, 
 India resulted in the leak of a deadly gas that killed more than 8,000 
 people within a few days. Today, almost 23 years after the Bhopal disaster, 
 an estimated 100,000 people continue to suffer respiratory, neurological 
 and other health effects. Carbide's toxins are found in breast milk, and 
 children are born with congenital disorders attributed to Carbide's 
 chemicals.\nWhile initially portrayed as an "accident," recent court 
 proceedings have revealed that the company designed the plant with unproven 
 and untested technology and cut corners on safety and maintenance to save 
 money.\n\nThe Dow Chemical Company bought Union Carbide in 2001, and 
 refuses to accept any liability for the incident and its aftermath. The 
 current structure of international law makes it extremely difficult for 
 Bhopal victims to seek justice. Dow is also responsible for a series of 
 other crimes, including sterilizing banana plantation workers in the 
 Caribbean, contaminating the drinking water of Louisiana residents, 
 production of Napalm, Agent Orange and dioxin.\n\nDow Chemical Company’s 
 recent record in the U.S. includes the following:\n\n* Abandonment of a 
 site contaminated with their toxic chemicals, which is poisoning the ground 
 water.  The factory site in Bhopal is still contaminated and leaching toxic 
 chemicals into the groundwater that 20,000 people drink. In the U.S., under 
 the Superfund Law, any company ever associated with a contaminated site is 
 required to clean it up.\n\n* The CEO of one of Dow's subsidiaries is 
 facing criminal charges, and refuses to appear in court. The former CEO of 
 Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, is wanted on charges of culpable homicide 
 in the Bhopal District Court and has been declared an absconder from 
 justice. He lives in great luxury and wealth in Hamptons, NY.\n\n* Dow 
 bribed politicians to register a toxic chemical and got caught at it. In 
 February 2007 (earlier this year!) The Dow Chemical Company admitted to the 
 United States Securities and Exchange Commission that it paid bribes to 
 Indian officials at the Indian Ministry of Agriculture. The bribes were 
 paid to get three pesticides registered. One of these is Dursban - a 
 product banned for home and garden use in the United States because it is 
 poses risks to the nervous system of children.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/29/18475657.php
SUMMARY:Bhopal / Dow Info & Strategy Meeting
LOCATION:Room 166 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley campus. This building is on the south 
 side of campus, near the intersection of Bancroft Wy & Telegraph Ave, for a 
 map, pls see, http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/large_map.html
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