The Metropolis

Multinational chemical company sponsoring Olympic Stadium may not be very nice

Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 25 October, 2011 12:51

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Ted Jeory has been banging on quite rightly about Locog’s decision to allow the Dow chemical company to sponsor a fabric wrap for the Olympic Stadium. The deal will bring in £7m, but the company now owns the company which owns the company which brought you the Bhopal disaster in 1984. Ancient history you might think, but it’s really not. Do read Ted’s posts to see how the dots join up.

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