SAN FRANCISCO: Twenty years after a Union Carbide gas leak killed 20,000 people in Bhopal, India, two survivors have won a prestigious environmental prize for fighting to hold the company and its parent, Dow Chemical Co, accountable.
Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla were yesterday named in a group of winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, which recognises grassroots environmental activists.
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