 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| . |  |
. |
'Gonzo' filmmakers hit London for Bhopal protest
London (AFP) July 13, 2009 Two maverick filmmakers will hand out toxic bottled water from Bhopal, the site of a major industrial disaster in India, in London Monday to highlight the plight of locals and promote their new movie. The Yes Men, whose new film "The Yes Men Fix The World" premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival in the United States, will also take some of the water to the headquarters of Dow Chemicals. The incident took place in 1984 when a storage tank at a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide -- bought by Dow Chemicals in 1999 -- leaked cyanide gas into the air in Bhopal, immediately killing more than 3,500 slum dwellers. The US Congress has estimated that another 15,000 people have died since. Mike Bonanno, one of The Yes Men, told AFP that they wanted to get the message across that "the mess has still not been cleaned up". He described the film as being like "Michael Moore crossed with Borat" adding that The Yes Men are "a couple of gonzo journalists who take on corporations on their own terms. It's a comedy, but it's serious." Dow spokesman Scot Wheeler said by email that the firm had "deep sympathy" for Bhopal victims but that protests against it were "wholly misdirected and are inappropriate". "Union Carbide Corporation and Union Carbide India Limited settled their liability for the gas release tragedy with the government of India in 1989 and paid 470 million dollars to the government of India," he said, adding that the plant was now owned by the state government of Madhya Pradesh. Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Our Polluted World and Cleaning It Up
Clean Fuels Could Reduce Deaths From Ship SmokestacksWashington DC (SPX) Jul 10, 2009 Rising levels of smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012 - almost one-third higher than previously believed, according to the second major study on that topic. The study says that government action to reduce sulfur emissions from shipping fuel (the source of air pollution linked to an increased risk of illness and death) ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook