Umweltverbrechen multinationaler Konzerne - Greenpeace

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stream. Women, men and children braved and risked contamination
in the protest. The company continues to release the effluents,
which have filled up the adjoining areas and the public roads and
drains, possibly affecting a larger area hitherto unaffected.
A ‘clean-up’ has been proposed by the local administration,
sponsored by the three companies involved. This is just a ‘scoop
and dump’ operation and is to be challenged by the local people in
court.
Media played a very active role in bringing the issue to public and
governments attention. Exhibitions, Films, Slide shows, Road-side
talks, education booklets, bit notices, banners, posters and protest
actions were used by local groups, Thanal, Greenpeace India and
others, in addition to campaign visits and sit-ins.
After peoples’ direct action the company has offered to fund part of
the cleanup of the effluent stream. This is in company interest as
they only intend to dredge the stream so they can continue to dump
toxins into it and dump the dredged toxic sediment into another open
dump without any regard for people living around the new dump.
Hindustan Insecticides Ltd is one of those companies into production
of chemicals like DDT which are slated for a global ban by the
Stockholm Convention, 2001. Such companies must be taken to
task by governments to clean up their past acts and change their
product line in its entirety. A global instrument for corporate
accountability could be used to reach the goals of the Stockholm
convention.
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