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This December 3rd will mark the 26th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster. In the middle of the night, methyl isocyanate gas and other deadly chemicals leaked from a Union Carbide (no Dow Chemical) pesticide plant in Bhopal and filled the bodies of more than half a million Bhopalis. Within just a few days of the leak, 8-12,000 were killed by the toxic gas.
Twenty-six years later, thousands of Bhopalis still battle chronic health conditions such as eye problems, respiratory difficulties, immune and neurological disorders, cardiac failure secondary to lung injury, female reproductive difficulties and birth defects among children born to affected women. Twenty-six years later, thousands of Bhopalis still struggle to find water that isn’t contaminated by the abandoned factory that still houses chemicals that continue to leak and pollute the groundwater. Twenty-six year later, thousands of Bhopalis continue to fight and hope for justice.
Please join the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal & Students for Bhopal to commemorate the Bhopal Gas Disaster and the 26 years of struggle for justice led by survivors. Organize an action or educational event during the week of December 3, 2010 in your community.
