As demonstrations continued in Bhopal the morning of December 3, 2001, a coalition of Greenpeace and Bhopal survivors’ groups marked the 17th anniversary of the world’s worst chemical disaster by collecting contaminated groundwater in Bhopal and personally delivering it to Dow offices and employees around the world. The water bottles, labeled "Refreshingly Toxic Bhopal Water: - Available only in Bhopal and other selected areas", highlight the continued contamination of groundwater around the site of the disaster, which is still used by up to 5,000 Bhopal families for everyday needs.
The coalition called for renewed efforts to rehabilitate survivors of the disaster, clean up of the residual contamination at the
The coalition called for renewed efforts to rehabilitate survivors of the disaster, clean up of the residual contamination at the
abandoned site, Union Carbide and its officials to be held accountable and for international laws to be developed to ensure that corporations are made responsible for chemical accidents and ongoing pollution worldwide.
On the midnight of December 2-3, 1984, over half a million people were exposed to a cocktail of poison gases from Union Carbide's pesticide factory. Around 7,500 people died in the immediate wake of the disaster.
On the midnight of December 2-3, 1984, over half a million people were exposed to a cocktail of poison gases from Union Carbide's pesticide factory. Around 7,500 people died in the immediate wake of the disaster.