India: Court decision requires Dow Chemical to respond to Bhopal gas tragedy

Headline Title: India: Court decision requires Dow Chemical to respond to Bhopal gas tragedy 23 July 2013 US chemical giant The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) must acknowledge its responsibility towards survivors of the devastating Bhopal industrial disaster, Amnesty International said after the company was summonsed to appear before a court in Bhopal, India.The company has been ordered to explain why its wholly owned subsidiary, Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), has repeatedly ignored court summons in the ongoing criminal case concerning the 1984 Bhopal disaster, where UCC is accused…

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