Protesters target owner of Taj Boston (over role in Bhopal Massacre)

[Ian David]

Protesters, including members of the group Advocacy International and students from MIT and Tufts University , gathered outside the Taj Boston hotel yesterday afternoon, saying the hotel's parent company is helping Dow Chemical to avoid responsibility in the aftermath of a major 1984 chemical release that is tainting drinking water in Bhopal, India.

The Taj is owned by the Tata Group, a major Indian conglomerate that protesters say is lobbying the Indian government on behalf of Dow. Dow acquired Union Carbide, the company responsible for the Bhopal episode, in 1999.

A spokeswoman for the Tata Group didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/04/08/protesters_target_owner_of_taj_boston/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News

[Forkboy]

1. Good.

I can pretty much say that Bhopal was the end of my innocence.I was already heading that way,mind you,but I remember how much that affected me.