A funeral ceremony on the doorsteps of the killers - for the victims of Dow Chemical Company at Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland, owned by Dow. '
Dow produced Agent Orange which was used during the Vietnam war and has led to thousands of Vietnamese people suffering illness and abnormalities even to this day. The company is also responsible for poisoning workers in Nicaragua with their Nemagon pesticide, and has been convicted in the USA of giving bribes to Indian officials to sell Dursban, a chemical banned in the USA (1). Significantly, Dow has also acquired Union Carbide Company which was responsible for the worlds biggest industrial disaster when thousands of people died from a gas leak at its factory in Bhopal, India, 1984.
“Dow refuses to admit its liability for the disaster despite the company being named by Indian courts. They got the assets of Union Carbide, they must also accept the liabilities. The people of Bhopal have been campaigning for justice for 25 years and are now trying to stop Dow expand in India. They should not be expanding in Scotland until they are made liable for the damage which they have caused and from which they have benefited.'' Dharmesh Shah, travelling to the events from Bhopal, of
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
“Environmental injustice is the outcome of chemical poisoning and runaway climate change, caused by companies such as Dow Chemicals. We are here to defend ourselves against the unjust affects of environmental exploitation. We can only hope to tackle the root causes of climate change and environmental exploitation by confronting multinational companies and the governments who support them, who perpetrate these inequalities on innocent communities. We are aware that colourful demonstrations are not enough and calls for civil disobedience to deliver justice for victims of environmental justice.” Eurig Scandrett, community organiser
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