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Accidents
Actions and protests
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Disasters
Dow Chemicals
Evening
Greenpeace activists
KWCI (GPI)
Memorials
Outdoors
Small group of people
Statues
Toxic waste
Toxics (campaign title)
Union Carbide
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.
In original language:
Chemie Aktion Bhopal bei Dow
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FOR NON-COMMERCIAL GREENPEACE PUBLISHED MATERIAL. NO FUNDRAISING OR SALES. FOR ALL EXTERNAL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PHOTO REPRESENTATIVE OR GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO LIBRARY.
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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