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No One Wants to Drink "Bhopal Water"
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On Friday, October 8th 2004, the SBP Environmental Club at St. Benedict's Preparatory School offered their classmates the opportunity to try some "Bhopal water" and found no takers. Like the people in Bhopal, the students at St. Benedict's Prep would rather drink water that's clean and safe, and they believe the people of Bhopal should be given that choice too. One of the students involved in the action writes:

"What a day it was last Friday, what a day. Over 300 students were involved in the event on Friday Oct. 8th. And not only students, even Teachers came. Students enjoyed it so much, well they were happy that they were informed, that they asked when the next event will be. Our Environmental Club is overwhelmed with ideas for our next event."

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Film Screening, "Dow Grim Reaper"

On Monday Dec. 6th, members of the St. Benedict's Environmental Club showed the video Twenty Years Without Justice and a slide show to the student body, followed by a question-and-answer session. A copy of this film and the book Trespass Against Us were then donated to the high school library. On Friday Dec. 3rd a group of students went to NJIT and Rutgers and handed out information slips, dressed as the "Dow Grim Reaper". In total we got 650 students and 100 teachers at St. Benedict's and at NJIT and Rutgers we got to speak with about 150 students and about 50 teachers. Some quotes are listed below. Our chemistry teacher told us on Monday that he worked for Union Carbide the year of the disaster. He left three months after the disaster because he saw that they were lying to the public. He said that he would not be part of a company that turned its back on its own values.

"You woke people up." -Teacher

"After so many years, I would have thought something had been done." - Teacher

"How could a company so invested in safety, be responsible for the worst chemical disaster in history?" - Student

"When high school students get involved in campaigns for justice and peace, I feel there is hope for our world. If everyone in the world knew about what Union Carbide did and continues to do, this would never happen again. People need to know, and you're doing a good job reminding people about what happen." -Teacher

"It was a very, very informative piece of information, that you don't hear about in the newspapers." - Student

"What you taught those students in those thirty some minutes, is a lesson that they will remember for the rest of their lives." - Teacher

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