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Demonstrations against HLL
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Activists demand clean up of mercury from Kodaikanal Activists demand clean up of mercury
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Chairman denies people were affected Activists want long term medical monitoring
MUMBAI:
Scores of activists and victims of mercury exposure from the now-closed thermometer plant of Hindustan Lever Limited at Kodaikanal demonstrated on Friday at the annual general meeting of the company here.
They demanded that Hindustan Lever clean up all the mercury from Kodaikanal's environment, compensate workers who were exposed to it in the factory and also their families.
The activists belonging to a Chennai-based NGO, Community Environmental Monitoring also wanted Hindustan Lever to provide long term medical monitoring and health remediation for all the workers and exposed residents.
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