Dow Olympic contract ‘shocking’ in light of Bhopal disaster failures

24 October 2011 Dow is providing a wrap to encircle London’s Olympic Stadium, and rejects responsibility for liability in India's 1984 toxic gas disaster. Chemical giant Dow’s high profile contract with London’s 2012 Olympic Games is a slap in the face for the survivors of India’s Bhopal poison gas disaster who, 27 years on, still wait for justice, Amnesty International said today.  Dow Chemical Company has been granted a contract to provide a decorative fabric wrap to encircle London’s Olympic Stadium during the next year’s Games.Since 2001, Dow has been a 100% owner of Union Carbide…

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