“Wash Your Hands Off Unilever’s Toxic Legacy”

Indian Rapper Turns Nicki Minaj Hit Into a Powerful Corporate Slam

The verdant hills, forests and lakes of Kodaikanal — a popular tourist destination in South India — hides a toxic secret.  Unsafe practices of handling and disposing hazardous material at Unilever’s thermometer factory has contaminated the region and exposed hundreds of workers to toxic mercury.  Once released into the environment, mercury can cause various symptoms, among them:  ‘birth defects, memory loss, organ failures [kidney, liver, reproductive, etc.]’.  

Claiming that “There were no adverse effects on the health of the employees or the environment“, Unilever continues to deny responsibility for illnesses suffered by the ex-workers and their families, many of whom died or became physically handicapped as a result of mercury poisoning.

Disney Parodies and a Petition

If you’ve ever wondered what could happen to Disney Princesses in today’s world, the two videos below are worth a peek:

After Ever After – DISNEY Parody — Jon Cozart, a.k.a. “Paint,” has uploaded a song called “After Ever After” where four Disney princesses are singing about their lives in the modern world — Ariel is swimming in pollution – Thanks to BP,  Jasmine’s Aladdin was taken by the CIA – My husband’s a mark for the War on Terror, Belle might go to jail on charges of bestiality and Pocahontas died of STDs – More English, French, and Spaniards came to greet us with guns and germs and steel…