Special Edition Radio Show on Bhopal Chemical Disaster 21 Year Anniversary -
Available for local noncommercial broadcast
The Bhopal Chemical Disaster: 21 years after the biggest industrial
disaster the world has ever known, the fight for justice still rages.
This week Corporate Watchdog Radio commemorates the worst industrial
disaster in history: a preventable catastrophe whose human and
environmental costs are still mounting 21 years laterŠa monumental failure
of corporate responsibility for which the company has still not appeared for
its criminal trialŠand a tragedy whose lessons have still not been learned
by the chemical industry‹leaving the US and the rest of the world at risk,
as Bhopal, India was in December 1984. The Bhopal Chemical Disaster: its
victims, its heroes, and its warning, this week on Corporate Watchdog Radio.
Corporate Watchdog Radio, a new half-hour radio broadcast and podcast
delivers breaking news, analysis, and commentary on corporate ethics and
power. CWR¹s hosts and co-producers are nationally-respected environmental
and business ethics attorney Sanford Lewis, and journalist Bill Baue of
SocialFunds.com.
In the current show, host Sanford Lewis interviews some of the crucial
voices in the fight for justice in Bhopal against Dow Chemical (the owner of
the former Union Carbide plant):
Sathyu Sarangi, director of the Sambvhvana Clinic in Bhopal, who describes
the health crises of Bhopal survivors and their children, and the remarkable
international struggle of Bhopali women to call Dow Chemical to account;
Diane Wilson, author of the celebrated new autobiography, An Unreasonable
Woman. A poor Texas fisherwoman who became a crusader against the chemical
companies polluting the Gulf Coast waters of her livelihood, Diane is hot on
the trail of Warren Anderson, the man at the helm of Union Carbide when its
Bhopal plant exploded. Anderson is a fugitive from Indian criminal courts.
Corporate Watchdog Radio interviews Diane from the road;
Jayanthi Reddy, a University of Michigan student leader who wants Dow
Chemical‹headquartered in Michigan‹to clean up its act;
Rick Hind, director of Toxics Programs for Greenpeace, and a world authority
on how easy it would be for a Bhopal-scale disaster to occur in the US,
either by accident, negligence, or terrorist intent;
Lois Gibbs, the former Buffalo housewife who brought the toxic outrage of
Love Canal to national attention;
This edition of Corporate Watchdog Radio is available beginning November
28th. It is licensed for non-commercial broadcast and available for
commercial licensing.
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For information:
Producer Sanford Lewis
413 549-7333
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