looking forward to going back home and working on my prints some more. Ken and I went to our home in Colorado, the first time we actually spent a few days there together. While it was a very busy time for me, going to Denver everyday buying things for our home, I did enjoy my pre-sunrise walks, looking for critters and watching one of my
favorite things, the miracle of a sunrise!
While on my flight back I watched a few movies and one documentary on the Bhopal disaster in India in 1984:
What kills me is that DOW a U.S. company purchased Union Carbide (another U.S. company) knew about this tragic act of neglect and has since been in litigation, while thousands of children continue to suffer and die because of what is most important to this company, PROFIT, no matter what the consequence. Listen to the b.s. that DOW
spews in their mission statement:
In every corner of the world, demand for sophisticated consumer goods grows. At Dow, we focus on providing solutions that improve products from the inside, out and outside, in. Dow's scientific and technological advances are used nearly everything we touch, watch and wear. From electronics to personal care items to apparel and even medicines, our solutions make great things more fun, comfortable and environmentally–friendly. Together, we make it simple to be simply better.
What would you do if this was your child, sister, brother, mother, father? What would you do if you were the sole survivor in your family? What would you do if 25 years after the incident your children were still being born with birth defects because of contaminated water and soil?
The blame also goes to the government of India that does not have the backbone to stand up and say their people have been wronged, better to fill a local politicians pockets with a bribe than to stand up for your people. I pray to God that the people of Bhopal are vindicated soon and are able to find some sense of peace. Think twice before purchasing a DOW chemical product. They earned 13.8 bn in the fourth quarter last year and they can't do the humane thing and clean their mess in Bhopal?
What kills me is that DOW a U.S. company purchased Union Carbide (another U.S. company) knew about this tragic act of neglect and has since been in litigation, while thousands of children continue to suffer and die because of what is most important to this company, PROFIT, no matter what the consequence. Listen to the b.s. that DOW
spews in their mission statement:
In every corner of the world, demand for sophisticated consumer goods grows. At Dow, we focus on providing solutions that improve products from the inside, out and outside, in. Dow's scientific and technological advances are used nearly everything we touch, watch and wear. From electronics to personal care items to apparel and even medicines, our solutions make great things more fun, comfortable and environmentally–friendly. Together, we make it simple to be simply better.
What would you do if this was your child, sister, brother, mother, father? What would you do if you were the sole survivor in your family? What would you do if 25 years after the incident your children were still being born with birth defects because of contaminated water and soil?
The blame also goes to the government of India that does not have the backbone to stand up and say their people have been wronged, better to fill a local politicians pockets with a bribe than to stand up for your people. I pray to God that the people of Bhopal are vindicated soon and are able to find some sense of peace. Think twice before purchasing a DOW chemical product. They earned 13.8 bn in the fourth quarter last year and they can't do the humane thing and clean their mess in Bhopal?
The Bhopal disaster (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas tragedy) was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[3] Others estimate 3,000 died within weeks and another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.[4][5] A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.[6]
UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), with Indian Government controlled banks and the Indian public holding a 49.1 percent stake. In 1994, the Supreme Court of India allowed UCC to sell its 50.9 percent share. Union Carbide sold UCIL, the Bhopal plant operator, to Eveready Industries India Limited in 1994. The Bhopal plant was later sold to McLeod Russel (India) Ltd. Dow Chemical Company purchased UCC in 2001.
Civil and criminal cases are pending in the United States District Court, Manhattan and the District Court of Bhopal, India, involving UCC, UCIL employees, and Warren Anderson, UCC CEO at the time of the disaster.[7][8] In June 2010, seven ex-employees, including the former UCIL chairman, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 each, the maximum punishment allowed by law. An eighth former employee was also convicted, but died before judgment was passed.[1]
That is so tragic, which products would we most likely see and use manufactured by Dow?
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