"One night in Bhopal" the documentary on BBCWorldwide

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

As many of you know, I am in the U.S. and I'm a bit of an activist. Some of you

are also in

the U.S. and may be able to help with this attempt to keep our fellow countrymen

more

informed of our affects worldwide, in this case in India. While my prayers are

with the

sufferers, my feet are here on the ground and I wanted to do something to

increase

awareness. What follows is the text of the email that I sent to my friends. As

this is a very

serious matter, I apologize if my tone is at all frivolous in this message.

 

 

 

December 3 this year marks the 20th anniversary of the world's worst industrial

"accident"

which happened at Bhopal, India, when a Union Carbide plant released a cloud of

gas that

settled on the nearby town and killed thousands of people that night, and caused

a

lifetime of suffering for the survivors as well as continuing serious birth

defects for the

children that have been born since.

 

Union Carbide has since been purchased by Dow Chemical.

 

There are many ways to inform yourself about this tragedy and take positive

action to

obtain justice for the victims and to ensure that the lack of regard for human

life by

multinational corporations is not profitable, and is punishable. I encourage you

to be

creative and to discuss this with the people in your life.

 

Additionally, BBCWorldwide is showing a documentary about the event that

BBCAmerica is

not carrying. Since this is a disaster caused by an American based company, it

is important

that it be seen here, in America. The documentary is called "One Night in

Bhopal."

 

I urge you to contact BBCAmerica and request that they show the documentary on

BBCAmerica. They will tell you that BBCAmerica is not BBCWorldwide and you may

have to

explain things to the person who answers the phone....but that's just another

opportunity

to educate!

 

If you call, as I did, it is a long distance, not toll free number, so you may

wish to contact

them another way. I've copied the contact information from their website here.

 

Thanks for listening.

 

 

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Warmest regards,

 

prainbow