Dow Chemical purchased Union Carbide in 1999. The Dow facility is one her area's biggest polluters.
Wilson is in the midst of a hunger strike to protest Union Carbide's treatment of residents of Bhopal, India. That's the city in northern India that was gassed when a Union Carbide facility blew up in 1984, killing thousands.
Wilson visited Bhopal after the accident and has never forgotten. She is outraged that Dow is pushing to water down the criminal charge against Warren Andersen, the former Union Carbide CEO, to criminal negligence, a non-extraditable offense.
She is outraged that the 150,000 victims received only $500 from Union Carbide, when in the United States, there have been million dollar settlements paid out by Dow to people injured here.
Following the demands of victims in India, Diane Wilson wants Andersen extradited to India.
Warren Andersen is a fugitive from the Indian courts.
She wants the company to face pending criminal charges for culpable homicide.
Wilson is in the midst of a hunger strike to protest Union Carbide's treatment of residents of Bhopal, India. That's the city in northern India that was gassed when a Union Carbide facility blew up in 1984, killing thousands.
Wilson visited Bhopal after the accident and has never forgotten. She is outraged that Dow is pushing to water down the criminal charge against Warren Andersen, the former Union Carbide CEO, to criminal negligence, a non-extraditable offense.
She is outraged that the 150,000 victims received only $500 from Union Carbide, when in the United States, there have been million dollar settlements paid out by Dow to people injured here.
Following the demands of victims in India, Diane Wilson wants Andersen extradited to India.
Warren Andersen is a fugitive from the Indian courts.
She wants the company to face pending criminal charges for culpable homicide.