DIARY  NOTICE:  Press  Conference  and  photo  opportunity:      

GROWING  SCANDAL  OVER  OLYMPIC   STADIUM  SPONSOR    with  cross-­‐party  MPs,  Bhopal  disaster  survivor,  well-­‐known  individuals  TBA.     Venue:  Olympic  Stadium  in  Stratford    

Embargoed  until  9am  Tuesday  15th  November   When:  Tuesday  15th  November  at  1pm.   What:  press  conference  to  launch  a  campaign,  with  cross-­‐party  support  from  MPs,  NGOs  and   campaigners,  demanding  that  LOCOG  (London  Organising  Committee  of  the  Olympic  Games)   reverse  their  decision  to  award  Dow  Chemical  exclusive  marketing  rights  to  the  London  Olympic   Stadium.    

Dow  Chemical  have  recently  been  found  guilty  of  SERIOUS  MALPRACTICE  and   have  outstanding  liabilities  pertaining  to  the  Bhopal  disaster.  They  cannot  be   considered  an  appropriate  sponsor  of  the  London  Olympics  Stadium.   The  campaign  urges  LOCOG  and  the  Mayor  of  London  (who  ducked  an  official  question  at  the   London  Assembly)  to  acknowledge  the  recent  case  that  saw  a  wholly  owned  Dow  subsidiary   fined  by  the  New  York  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and,  in  September  this  year,   blacklisted  by  the  Indian  Agriculture  Ministry  for  bribing  officials  in  order  to  sell  banned   pesticides  in  India.   The  campaign  also  urges  Dow  Chemical  to  recognise  its  ongoing  responsibility  to  the  victims  of   the  Bhopal  disaster  and  to  acknowledge  the  continuing  contamination,  in  Bhopal,  and  the   ongoing  legal  proceedings.   The  event  will  also  be  the  launch  of  a  letter  to  LOCOG  signed  by  a  broad  coalition  of  MPs,  Indian   Olympian  athletes,  campaigners,  Bhopal  survivors  organisations  and  celebrities.  

Who:  Amnesty  International,  Bhopal  Medical  Appeal,  Cross-­‐party  MPs  and  MPs  representing   the  Olympic  Boroughs.  Well-­‐known  individuals  TBA.  Plus  the  great-­‐great-­‐granddaughter  of  the   last  ‘Begum  of  Bhopal’  (the  Bhopal  Royal  Family)  and  herself  a  survivor  of  the  Bhopal  disaster.  

Where:  Olympic  Site  View  Tube,  Olympic  Park,  Stratford.  Nearest  station  is  Pudding  Mill  Lane   DLR.  Click  here  for  a  map.  

  To  RSVP  or  for  more  information:     Colin  Toogood,  Bhopal  Medical  Appeal  at  [email protected]  or  on  07798  845074   Jack  Stenner  at  [email protected]  or  on  07539  229  771.     NOTES  TO  EDITORS:     The  Corrupt  Practices  of  Dow:  Dow  Agro  Sciences  (a  wholly  owned  Dow  subsidiary)  were   blacklisted,  as  recently  as  September  2011,  by  the  Indian  Agriculture  Minstry  after  being  caught   bribing  Indian  officials  in  order  to  sell  pesticides  in  India-­‐  including  the  notorious  ‘Dursban’-­‐  that   have  been  banned  for  many  years  in  the  USA.  Dow  were  fined  by  the  New  York  Securities  and   Exchange  Commission,  in  2007,  for  similar  corrupt  practices  (see  links  below).   Hindustan  Times-­‐  Centre  bans  Dow  subsidiary  over  bribery:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/11lZWsZqvLYQTbB9ZSMSafX9tbUkSCjwksgi5m9 9GdsY/edit   New  York  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  order  instituting  cease  and  desist  proceedings   against  Dow:    www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2007/34-55281.pdf   Dursban:  http://www.getipm.com/articles/dursban-school.htm     The  Legacy  of  Bhopal:  Dow’s  PR  offensive  claims  that  the  Bhopal  disaster  was  fully  settled  by   Union  Carbide  back  in  1989.  But,  it  is  simply  not  true  to  say  that  the  matter  is  closed  and  Dow   themselves  are  involved  in  a  number  of  ongoing  cases  regarding  the  Bhopal  Disaster.  Dow  are   named  respondents  on  a  ‘curative  petition’  in  the  Indian  Supreme  Court  that  aims  to  address   some  of  the  inadequacies  of  the  1989  settlement.  Dow  are  also  named  respondents  in  a  public   interest  case  in  the  Madhya  Pradesh  High  court.         The  Bhopal  CRIMINAL  case:  Dow  subsidiary,  The  Union  Carbide  Corporation  and  ex  CEO   Warren  Anderson,  are  fugitives  from  justice  in  India.  They  are  wanted  on  CRIMINAL  charges  of   ‘culpable  homicide  not  amounting  to  murder’  and  Dow,  as  owner's  of  Union  Carbide,  are   harbouring  a  fugitive  from  justice.  Although  Dow  has  total  control  of  UCC  it  hasn't  produced   UCC  in  court  and  has  used  Union  Carbide  India  Limited,  its  Indian  subsidiary,  and  the  corporate   veil  to  obstruct  a  judicial  summons  addressed  to  Dow  in  Michigan  asking  why  Union  Carbide   has  not  been  presented  to  the  court.     Litigation  in  the  US:  Union  Carbide,  Dow’s  wholly  owned  subsidiary,  is  subject  to  a  civil  action  in   the  New  York  Southern  District  Court.  This  action  pertains  to  the  ongoing  contamination  in   Bhopal  caused  by  the  indiscriminate  dumping  of  toxic  waste  by  the  Union  Carbide  factory.  The   US  courts  accept  that  this  is  a  separate  matter,  from  the  1984  gas  disaster,  and  as  such  has   never  received  any  settlement.  Dow  are  implicated  by  virtue  of  Union  Carbide  being  their   wholly  owned  subsidiary  and  by  them  having  acquired  all  of  Union  Carbide's  assets  and   liabilities  in  the  1991  takeover.