London 2012 organisers must admit Dow mistake after ethics chief quits

Headline Title:  London 2012 ethics chief quits over Dow 25 January 2012 London 2012 Olympic organisers must admit their mistake in awarding a lucrative contract to the Dow Chemical Company, Amnesty International said today after the Games' ethics commissioner quit over human rights concerns about the company.Meredith Alexander, appointed by London's Mayor Boris Johnson to monitor the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), resigned in protest at the sponsorship deal with Dow due to its connection to the Bhopal disaster.Dow owns US-based Union Carbide…

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