Indian rapper targets US chemical giant in bid for damages
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes — demanding the U.S. company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.
The 1984 tragedy, considered the world's worst industrial accident, was caused by 40 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas leaking from a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide Corp. — later purchased by Dow Chemical.
Activists say thousands of children have since been born with brain damage, missing palates and twisted limbs.
Exact terms were not released but the company disputes claims that workers' health was affected by exposure to mercury.