Hollywood takes on corporate giants over Bhopal gas disaster

Headline Title: Hollywood takes on corporate giants over Bhopal gas disaster 07 November 2014 Hollywood movie star Martin Sheen will join Amnesty International’s battle to finally hold Union Carbide accountable for what is widely considered to be one of the world’s worst industrial disasters as he launches his latest film in Los Angeles on Friday. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is a compelling account of the events that led to more than half a million people being poisoned by toxic gas leaking from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, on 2 December 1984. Mischa Barton and…

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