London 2012 organizers must not forget Bhopal disaster

Headline Title: London 2012 organizers must not forget Bhopal disaster 02 December 2011 Amnesty International has urged London's Olympic organizers not to forget the victims of the Bhopal disaster as they award a lucrative contract for the Games to the Dow Chemical Company.Dow owns Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), the company that held a majority share in the Indian subsidiary that owned and operated the UCC plant responsible for the gas leak disaster, which killed thousands of people on 3 December 1984, exactly 27 years ago. Dow is due to provide a plastic wrap that will encircle…

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