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The Chemical Industry's Toxic Toll
December 15, 2004
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What’s good for business, and what’s good for people, sometimes don’t mix. In the chemical industry, for instance, the products that fuel profits can also threaten our well-being.
On this edition, we’ll look at the 20th anniversary of one of the world’s worst chemical disasters, at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. We’ll hear about Occidental Petroleum’s toxic legacy at Love Canal. And we’ll examine how corporate polluters are ignoring environmental causes of breast cancer.
Featuring:
Rashida Bee, Bhopal resident; Nitiyanand Jayaraman, journalist and volunteer with the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal; Champa Devi Shukla, Bhopal survivor and activist; Sathyu Sarangi, managing trustee of Sambhavna clinic and activist with the Campaign for Justice in Bhopal; Tom Sprick, spokesperson, Union Carbide; Lois Gibbs, former Love Canal resident and executive director of the Center for Environment, Health and Justice; Michael Basile, spokesperson, Environmental Protection Agency; Kate Probst, senior fellow, Resources for the Future; Judy Brady, breast cancer survivor; Barbara Brenner, director, Breast Cancer Action; Cheryl Perkins, senior clinical advisor, Susan G. Komen Foundation; Janette Sherman, physician and activist; Devra Lee Davis, director, Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
For more information:
Sambhavna Clinic
44 Sant Kanwar Ram Nagar
Berasia Road
Bhopal, India 462018
91-755-730914/743157; sambavna@sancharnet.in
Lois Gibbs
Center for Environment, Health and Justice
P.O. Box 6808
Falls Church, VA 22040
703-237-2249; chej@chej.org; www.chej.org
U.S. EPA Public Affairs Office
345 Third Street, Suite 530
Niagara Falls NY 14303
716-285-8842
www.epa.gov
Resources for the Future
1616 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-328-5000
www.rff.org
Breast Cancer Action
55 New Montgomery Street, Suite 323
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-243-9301 / 877-2STOPBC; info@bcaction.org
www.bcaction.org
Susan G. Komen Foundation
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75244
972-855-1600 / 1.800 I'M AWARE
www.komen.org
Dr. Janette Sherman
P.O. Box 4605
Alexandria, Virginia 22303
www.janettesherman.com
Center for Environmental Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Graduate School of Public Health
5150 Center Avenue, Suite 435
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-647-2811; PCI-INFO@upmc.edu
www.upci.upmc.edu/ceo/