Dow is responsible for the birth of the modern environmental
movement. The 1962 book Silent Spring, about the side-effects
of DDT, a Dow product, led to the birth of
many of today's environmental action groups.
As a publicly owned corporation, Dow is unable, due to share-price concerns, to accept any responsibility
for the Bhopal catastrophe caused by our fully owned subsidiary, Union
Carbide. As an individual, however, you can help as your
conscience dictates: visit Bhopal.net
or Bhopal.org.