WE ALL LIVE IN BHOPAL! NO MORE BHOPALS!

[Neil Tangri <ntangri@essential.org>]

Dear Friends,

This coming December marks the 15th anniversary of the worst chemical
disaster in history, the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India. In
the years since this massive tragedy, the situation in Bhopal and around
the world has only worsened. Rather than learn from their errors, chemical
companies have stepped up their assaults on our communities and our bodies.
All over the world, our food, our water, our planet, our bodies and our
babies are being exposed to an increasing assault from toxic chemicals in
what amounts to an endless, slow-motion Bhopal. 

Activists around the world are joining hands with the people of Bhopal to
plan an international day of action on the 15th anniversary of the Bhopal
gas disaster. Wherever you live, we invite you to be a part of this
international campaign. On December 2 - 3, 1999, let's both remember Bhopal
and call for an end to the on-going slow motion Bhopal that we are all
forced to live in.
There are many ways to join this effort: 

* organize a protest against a local source of toxics on December 2nd; 
* hold a fundraiser or candlelight vigil for the victims of Union Carbide
and other toxic industries;
* give presentations at local schools and churches; 
* write articles for local media to remind people about Bhopal; 
* launch a campaign or letter writing drive targeting polluting industries; 
* demand that industries adopt clean production; 
* get involved in the international POPs treaty currently being negotiated
by the United Nations.

In order to get to know each other and to coordinate all our efforts into
one massive call for environmental health – in Bhopal and everywhere – we
are communicating through an email listserve. To join the remember-bhopal
listserve, please email Essential Action at action@essential.org. Include
your name, email address, mailing address and tell us about your
organization and we will subscribe you to the list.

We look forward to hearing from all of you.


Sathyu Sarangi
Ann Leonard
Neil Tangri


 WE ALL LIVE IN BHOPAL!   NO MORE BHOPALS!