Company to burn Bhopal toxic waste - AP

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Source: Associated Press

Company to burn Bhopal toxic waste

By R.K. MISRA, Associated Press Writer
48 minutes ago

AHMEDABAD, India - An Indian company plans to burn toxic waste
from the city of Bhopal, the site of the world's worst industrial
disaster, despite environmentalists' objections.

Bharuch Environ Infrastructure Ltd. said Tuesday that burning the
waste poses no threat.

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Dow has maintained that it is not responsible for cleaning up the
site, and the plant is now under the control of India's Madhya
Pradesh state, which has agreed to pay BEIL $220,000 to dispose
of the waste.

Punjwani said 350 tons of waste will be transported from Bhopal to
Ankleshwar, an industrial area in the western state of Gujarat, by
July. It then will be burned at high temperatures over the course
of a week.

Environmentalists objected to disposing of the waste in Ankleshwar,
and said BEIL was not up to the task.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_re_as/india_bhopal_cleanup_5

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1. Is Warren Anderson still living on Long Island?

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/justice-for-warren-anderson
01 August 2003

Despite being wanted in India and by Interpol, Indian and US authorities have been inactive for the last 18 years. US authorities claimed they could not find Anderson and India has not pursued his extradition from the US for fear of damaging US investment and trade. However last year with the help of a UK newspaper we tracked him down to a luxury home in Long Island, New York. Life as a corporate criminal in the states is hardly difficult - Anderson's yearly golf club membership alone is 3-4 times the average compensation for a Bhopal survivor.