British prime minister David Cameron has said he would be "very sad" if India boycotted the London Olympics following the row over sponsorship of the event by Dow Chemicals, linked to the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984. Read more
It is unfortunate that the organisers of London Olympics should remain adamant about continuing Dow Chemicals, the infamous successor to Union Carbide, to continue as the sponsor of the games. It is equally unfortunate that the organising committee should have the audacity to say that it was the Indians who should clean up Bhopal and Dow Chemicals had nothing to do with it. Read more
Ed ~ Dow Chemicals, owner of a pesticide plant in Bhopal that leaked in 1984 killing 15000 people are a sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics.