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Kodaikanal victims cry grows only louder

May 17, 2015 S.V. Krishna Chaitanya Deccan Chronicle   Four days back, R. Ganeshan (39), who worked in HUL from 1991-93, is suspected to have died of mercury poisoning   Chennai: There seems to be no end to the despair of victims of alleged mercury poisoning in Kodaikanal, where Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) operated a […]

Unfair And Ugly

28 March 2015 Hindustan Unilever’s thermometer factory in Kodaikanal was closed down in 2001 but its former workers and local residents continue to suffer the deadly effects of mercury poisoning. Nisha Ponthathil reports NISHA PONTHATHIL Tehelka.Com   Sustained campaign Former HUL employees observe a Global Day of Action every year to highlight violations of environmental […]

Unfair And Ugly

28 March 2015 Hindustan Unilever’s thermometer factory in Kodaikanal was closed down in 2001 but its former workers and local residents continue to suffer the deadly effects of mercury poisoning. Nisha Ponthathil reports NISHA PONTHATHIL Tehelka.Com   Sustained campaign Former HUL employees observe a Global Day of Action every year to highlight violations of environmental […]

Poison case puts Polman’s green boasts on the line

26 April 2015 Nicci Smith in Kodaikanal Sunday Times Former staff at a Unilever subsidiary want compensation for alleged safety lapses at a thermometer factory in southern India Pic: Protesters in Kodaikanal highlight the UN’s Minamata Convention on Mercury   Every day Daisy Varghese is haunted by the thought that her former job in a […]

Poison case puts Polman’s green boasts on the line

26 April 2015 Nicci Smith in Kodaikanal Sunday Times   Former staff at a Unilever subsidiary want compensation for alleged safety lapses at a thermometer factory in southern India Pic: Protesters in Kodaikanal highlight the UN’s Minamata Convention on Mercury   Every day Daisy Varghese is haunted by the thought that her former job in […]

Kodai Mercury Dump Burns in UK

04 May 2015 The New Indian Express Chennai: They are far and few, But the voices seeking justice in Kodaikanal, where the Anglo-Dutch MNC Unilever is accused of dumping mercury at its erstwhile thermometer plant, have reached closer home for the transnational giant. When the Unilever shareholders met on April 30 at the Leatherhead in […]

Scientific community backs fight against MNC

April 27, 2015 S.V. Krishna Chaitanya Deccan Chronicle Locals protest in front of of thermometer factory, which is accused of mercury poisoning, in Kodaikanal. Protesters are seen displaying the photos of people dying due to alleged mercury exposure (Photo: DC) Chennai: In a rare gesture, the international scientific community is joining hands to express solidarity […]

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