The main reason I buy organic: Many people have heard of Chernobyl - TopicsExpress



          

The main reason I buy organic: Many people have heard of Chernobyl but few have heard of the Bhopal disaster. In 1984 Union Carbide, now owned by DOW, accidentally released a cloud of cyanide gas. The result was over 5,295 deaths immediately after the release and some 25,000 more in the years following due to complications including cancer. Today the site is still a toxic waste site and continues to poison local water sources. Union Carbide paid 500 millions dollars then turned the site over to the Indian government and washed their hands of it. The facility was manufacturing pesticides. The primary reason I buy organic is because I dont want to support industries that make billions off of poisons, causing harm to the environment and more importantly to innocent people. reuters/article/2014/12/03/us-india-bhopal-anniversary-idUSKCN0JH1L620141203
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 03:35:18 +0000

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