Bhopal Memorial at Dow Headquarters in Switzerland

On the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal industrial disaster, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and the labour union Unia, deliver an exact replica of the memorial statue that stands outside the Union Carbide site in Bhopal - "mother with two children" to the DOW European Headquarters near Zurich. The 1984 chemical explosion at Union Carbide in Bhopal, India killed and maimed thousands. Dow bought Union Carbide in 2001, but will not accept any responsibility for the clean up of the contaminated site.

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Chemie Aktion Bhopal bei Dow

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Unique identifier: GP01D1K

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/12/2004

Locations: Alpine Countries, Europe, Horgen, Switzerland

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Ex-Press / David Adair

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Bhopal Memorial at Dow Headquarters in Switzerland

Activists commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, the world's worst industrial disaster. 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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