30 years ago today, the Union Carbide pesticide plant (now owned by Dow Chemicals) in Bhopal leaked toxic gas across the community in what is considered the worst industrial disaster the world has ever seen.
Death, disease, injustice and the toxic legacy from this tragedy continue today.
Ram Charitra Sah, Executive Director of IPEN Participating Organization Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), penned the article below that was published in the Kathmandu Post. The article refers to a new study from CEPHED about lead in household dust, schools and preschools.
IPEN Participating Organization Jagrata Juba Shangha (JJS) held a workshop on 19 October in Khulna, Bangladesh, to work towards and promote a toxics-free future.
The summit was organized by the Asian Center for Environmental Health in association with IPEN Participating Organizations World Alliance for Mercury Free Dentistry and Environment and Social Development Organization, and it received extensive news coverage:
BPA (Bisphenol A) is an organic molecule that was first synthesized in 1895. It is a synthetic estrogen, and has two forms: one is polycarbonate and is sometimes used in plastic baby bottles, and the other is epoxy resins, used in the linings of some food and beverage containers, dental sealants and numerous other consumer products.