Action to Commemorate Bhopal held at Dow Chemical Europe

On the 19th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster, the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, activists from Greenpeace held a protest activity at the headquarters of Dow Chemical Europe as part of the Global Day of Action against Corporate Crime.
Placed at the entrance of the building is a copy of the well-known statue ‘Bhopal-Memorial’ by Ruth Watermann to remind people of the catastrophe.

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Shoot date: 03/12/2003

Locations: Alpine Countries, Horgen, Switzerland

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Ex-Press / Michael Würtenberg

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Global Commemoration for 19th Anniversary of Bhopal Disaster

Activists commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, the world's worst industrial disaster, in which thousands lost their lives. The disaster occurred in the Indian city of Bhopal when a Union Carbide chemical plant released 40 tonnes of highly toxic methyl isocyanate. The disaster killed thousands and the polluted site of the abandoned factory still leaks poisons into the groundwater of local residents. Dow Chemical bought Union Carbide in 2001, but will not accept any responsibility for the clean up of the contaminated site.

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