<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b93563d2-1dae-46a6-a1a9-c6afb60db525/86259A56-B5D1-45F0-A28E-A64F40DFF08E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nzherald.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0"><H1> Bhopal's long fight for justice </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0"><P>Twenty five years ago, Sathyu Sarangi's life changed immeasurably.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nzherald.co.nz/img/B2452062-3E97-47D9-87E8-2ECBDFFD7AF4" alt="Sanjay Sharma with his nephew, Anshul. 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We decided to form an organisation to highlight the immediate concerns of the population and the campaign for justice grew from there," Sarangi says.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0"><P>He adds that most people are unaware that the disaster in Bhopal continues to this day, citing a 1999 Greenpeace report that found serious contamination of soil and water polluted with heavy metals and chemical compounds. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0"><P>Indeed, the 1999 Greenpeace investigation found "extensive and, in some areas, severe chemical contamination of the environment surrounding the former Union Carbide plant. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582389&pnum=0"><P>As a result of the ubiquitous presence of contaminants, the exposure of the communities surrounding the plants to complex mixtures of hazardous chemicals continues on a daily basis. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/86259A56-B5D1-45F0-A28E-A64F40DFF08E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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