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	Dow Chemical Company Profile
		According to Dow, their goal is to reduce emissions of ozone depleting chemicals by 75% by 2005, and that they have already reduced CFC emissions by 81% between 1994 to 1998.
		Dow’s policy establishes “local, regional and global teams that are responsible for implementing tailored diversity strategies based in their business, function or area.” In 1998 Dow established the CEO Council on Diversity with more than 30 multinational CEOs around the globe.
		Dow Chemicals is one of the pioneers in silicon-breast implants.
	www.stanford.edu /group/SICD/DowChemical/dow.html (1340 words)

	Encyclopedia: Dow Chemical
		Dow has also become the target of an international campaign seeking justice for the victims of the world's worst-ever industrial disaster, the 1984 chemical leak in Bhopal, India.
		Dow's refusal to accept or even acknowledge its liabilities in Bhopal, as well as its other well-known liabilities linked to Nemagon (in Nicaragua) and dioxin (in Michigan) have helped inspire the first mass student movement against the company since the Vietnam War.
		Students at 70 schools on five continents are involved in the campaign, and are demanding that their schools divest and refuse future donations from the company until it resolves all of its legal and moral responsibilities in Bhopal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dow-Chemical (802 words)

	Dow Chemical Company -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Dow Chemical Company is a multinational (A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state) corporation headquartered in (Click link for more info and facts about Midland, Michigan) Midland, Michigan, (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) USA.
		In September 2004, Dow obtained the naming rights of the Saginaw County Event Center in nearby (Click link for more info and facts about Saginaw, Michigan) Saginaw, Michigan, and the facility's new name is now (Click link for more info and facts about The Dow Event Center) The Dow Event Center.
		Today, Dow is the world's largest producer of plastics, and with its 1999 acquisition of (Click link for more info and facts about Union Carbide) Union Carbide has become a major player in the (Any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas) petrochemical industry as well.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/dow_chemical_company.htm (916 words)

	Dow Chemical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Later, Dow was to help the motoring public in dozens of other ways---calcium chloride to lay dust in summer and melt snow and ice in winter, plastic fibers for interior fabrics, light and durable magnesium for structural and working parts of the car, anti-knock and antifreeze compounds, latex for body paint, to name a few.
		Dow chemicals helped to dye the soldier’s uniform, to tan his shoes, to make his shaving cream, to shroud him in smoke screens, to keep his powder dry, his weapon lubricated, and his drinking water pure.
		Dow’s family of plastics and coatings appeared as wall tile, synthetic latexes for paper and paints, television mask, dishes and kitchenware, pipes, toys, flashlight cases, vacuum cleaner part-even doll hair.
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/dow.html (1831 words)

	Dow Chemical shares rise on upgrade - Boston.com
		Shares of Dow Chemical Co. rose Monday, as a Lehman Brothers analyst upgraded the stock saying its shares have returned to their fair value.
		NEW YORK --Shares of Dow Chemical Co. rose Monday, as a Lehman Brothers analyst upgraded the stock saying its shares have returned to their fair value.
		On Feb. 26, Dow shares hit a new 52-week high after the Daily Express, a British tabloid, reported that the company may be on the verge of selling itself to a group of private equity investors for $54 billion.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/03/12/dow_chemical_shares_rise_on_upgrade (276 words)

	The Dow Chemical Company: Motor Carrier Safety
		Dow is committed to both workplace safety and health and the safe handling of products from inception in the research laboratory through manufacture and distribution to ultimate disposal.
		Dow is a science and technology company that develops, manufactures and provides various chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services for customers in over 180 countries.
		Dow has extended the program to all of its major motor carriers in North America and is launching the program in Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim.
	www.osha.gov /dcsp/success_stories/alliances/dow/motor_carrier_case_study.html (2145 words)

	PANNA: Dow Chemical Company
		Dow Chemical describes itself as “Providing pest management and biotechnology products that improve the quality and quantity of the earth's food supply and contribute to the safety, health and quality of life of the world's growing population.”[9] The chemical giant’s agricultural products, however, tell a different story.
		Dow and three other companies continued to produce and export DBCP to developing countries after it was banned in the continental U.S. in 1979.
		Dow says “the Bhopal matter has been resolved for years Union Carbide took responsibility for the tragedy[and] agreed to pay $470 million into a trust as a settlement.”[40] Groups of Bhopal survivors point out that victims of the accident have received little of the settlement, which amounts to only US$350 per victim.
	www.panna.org /campaigns/caia/corpProfilesDow.dv.html (4386 words)

	DOW CHEMICAL
		Dow is authorized to issue 1,750,000,000 shares of all classes of stock, 1,500,000,000 of which are shares of common stock, par value $2.50 per share, and 250,000,000 of which are shares of preferred stock.
		Dow’s bylaws provide that a stockholder may nominate a person for election to the board of directors at a special meeting of stockholders if the stockholder gives Dow’s secretary notice of the nomination no later than the close of business on the seventh day after notice of the special meeting is first given to stockholders.
		Dow’s certificate of incorporation, however, provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders must be taken at a duly called annual or special stockholders’ meeting and may not be taken by written consent.
	www.wrhambrecht.com /inst/openbook/260543BK8/prospectus.html (6381 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Bhopal \| Response: Union Carbide and Dow Chemical
		Dow did not acquire the shares of Union Carbide until 16 years after the tragedy, 10 years after Union Carbide's legal settlement was affirmed by the Indian Supreme Court, and two years after the state government of Madhya Pradesh took control of the site.
		Dow already is embracing such standards through the principles of the Responsible Care program in the US and throughout the world.
		Dow is fully committed to the global implementation of Responsible Care and we continue to advocate this to the whole chemical industry to implement globally as well.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/bhopal/4023447.stm (1351 words)

	Dow Chemical Company -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Dow, Herbert H. pioneer in the American chemical industry and founder of the Dow Chemical Company.
		Dow, Herbert H. (1866–1930), pioneer in U.S. chemical industry, born in Belleville, Ont., Canada; developed and patented electrolytic methods for extracting bromine from brine; organized the Dow Process Company in 1895; founded Dow Chemical Company in 1897; his products from brine found application in insecticides and pharmaceuticals; introduced automatic processing to produce magnesium...
		Chemical analysis answers these and many other questions by providing a way to determine the nature of any substance in terms of the elements...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9321776 (798 words)

	Responsible Shopper Profile: Dow Chemical Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Union Carbide, now a Dow chemical company, was responsible for releasing 27 tons of deadly gases in Bhopal in 1984, killing thousands of people and leaving 150,000 severly disabled in what is referred to as the worst industrial disaster on record.
		Dow Chemical purchased Union Carbide, the company responsible for the Bhopal incident, and has yet to take responsibility for the environmental and health problems that Union Carbide left in its wake.
		Dow Chemical has been cited for neglecting to file the required chemical release form for the years 2000, 2001, and 2002.
	www.coopamerica.org /programs/rs/profile.cfm?id=217 (1157 words)

	Court TV Casefiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dow Corning is co-owned by Dow Chemical, based in Midland, Mich., and Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y. A federal judge ruled in September 1995 that the cases against Dow Chemical and Corning could proceed despite the Chapter 11 filing.
		Dow Chemical is the defendant or co-defendant in more than 13,000 breast implant lawsuits.
		During the trial, the lawyers for Mahlum and her husband, Marvin, contended that Dow Chemical was as responsible for the safety of implants as Dow Corning, because the company performed studies on silicone for Dow Corning.
	www.courttv.com /casefiles/verdicts/mahlum.html (425 words)

	The Dow Chemical Company - Knowmore
		Dow’s lesser-known household contributions are the many poisons released from the chemical giant’s factories and products that have trespassed into the environment and people’s bodies.
		Dow was warned by survivors of the Bhopal disaster that Union Carbide is a criminal corporation and a fugitive from justice — a proclaimed absconder from criminal proceedings in the Bhopal court where it faces charges of manslaughter.
		Dow, along with Monsanto, was one of the principal manufacturers of Agent Orange, a combination herbicide containing 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D that was used during the US military’s chemical warfare in Vietnam.
	www.knowmore.org /index.php/The_Dow_Chemical_Company (6195 words)

	Dirty Dow
		Dow was one of the principal manufacturers of Agent Orange, an herbicide used by the US military to deprive the Vietnamese resistance of forest cover and food crops.
		Dow was also cited for underreporting the volume of chloromethane and propylene oxide released from the facility during calendar years 2000, 2001 and 2002.
		Dow, Bayer, and GE Plastics are the major producers of this chemical, which is used in everything from compact discs and eyeglasses to Nalgene water bottles, toys, pacifiers, baby bottles and teethers.
	www.studentsforbhopal.org /DirtyDow.htm (10123 words)

	Visions - Dow Chemical
		These people were typically found in other parts of The Dow Chemical Company's organization, where they were often out-of-favor and frustrated because they did not fit the cultures of those organizations, and because they were often perceived as "difficult to manage.
		The first large increase in value from the breakthrough innovations from PO&E R&D came from the equity gained by Dow Chemical in 1996 as a result the DuPont-Dow JV in elastomers, which added over $0.5 billion to the share-holder equity of Dow Chemical per their annual report.
		Kurt Swogger is Vice President of Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D, at The Dow Chemical Co. This article is based on a presentation given by the authors at the joint PDMA/IIR Portfolio Management Conference in February 2003 in Clearwater, FL.
	www.pdma.org /visions/july03/dow.html (2279 words)

	BW 50: Dow Chemical Profile
		Its specialty chemicals products are used as functional ingredients or processing aids in various applications, including agricultural and pharmaceutical products and processing, building and construction, chemical processing and intermediates, food processing and ingredients, household products, coatings, pulp and paper manufacturing, and transportation.
		Dow Chemical Company also develops, manufactures, and markets products for crop production; weed, insect, and plant disease management; and industrial and commercial pest management.
		Dow Chemical Company also engages in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business primarily through its Liana Limited subsidiaries.
	www.businessweek.com /bw50/2005/company/DOW.htm (479 words)

	The Dow Chemical Company
		Dow and Chevron Phillips Chemical Announce Plans to Form Styrenics Joint Venture in the Americas
		Dow's First Quarter Earnings Webcast Set for April 26, 2007
		Dow Texas Operations protects a large colony of fl skimmer sea birds on its site by maintaining a permanent nesting ground there.
	www.dow.com (128 words)

	Quality & Environmental
		Dow Automotive has been involved in Six Sigma since 1999 and has expanded our experience base to include both the base MAIC methodology and Design for Six Sigma.
		Six Sigma will be a vehicle to transform Dow Automotive to premier status - in the eyes of our competitors, in the eyes of Wall Street, in the eyes of society, and at the very foundation of our company, in the eyes of our employees.
		Dow is one of the few premier companies that focus on customers as the basis of Six Sigma efforts.
	automotive.dow.com /quality/index.htm (755 words)

	The Dow Chemical Company & Habitat for Humanity
		Dow employees and workers of two Dow-customer companies were in Mexico recently to help Habitat for Humanity build 150 houses in one week.
		Dow is a leading supplier of insulation materials and has donated STYROFOAM* extruded polystyrene insulation products, funding for house sponsorship and volunteer work crews to support Habitat for Humanity for over two decades.
		Dow has pledged $100,000, which will be used for two house sponsorships and to develop an educational module about the science behind building.
	styrofoam.dow.com /na/habitat/index.htm (218 words)

	Dow Chemical Company - SourceWatch
		The Dow Chemical Company (commonly referred to as Dow) is the world's largest chemical manufacturer founded in 1897 in Midland, Michigan where it is still headquartered.
		The Dow Chemical Company's Website - the latest company written news, PR and information about all of Dows various products and subsidiaries.
		Chemical accidents actually increased in number after the initiation of this program designed to help the Chemical industry avoid government regulation.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Dow_Chemical (298 words)

	ABC News: Judges Allows Suit Against Dow Chemical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The seven plaintiffs are among 170 who have sued the Midland-based chemical company claiming that it polluted the river with dioxin, a chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and other problems.
		Dioxin is a persistent and toxic chemical that was a byproduct of Dow processes dating back several decades.
		Dow Chemical shares rose 85 cents, or 2 percent, to close at $43.40 on the New York Stock Exchange.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1238235 (345 words)

	The Dow Chemical Company
		Dow and Carbide are leading producers of LLDPE in the United States and Canada and throughout the world, and are among the few LLDPE producers that have succeeded in developing specialty, high-performance polymers demanded by significant users of LLDPE.
		Ethyleneamines are a family of chemicals containing at least one ethylene and one amine molecule, and are used in a broad variety of applications, including lubricating oil additives, chelating agents, wet-strength resins, epoxy curing agents, surfactants, personal care products, pulp and paper products, and fungicides.
		Dow and Carbide are the only producers of ethyleneamines in the United States and Canada, and together sold approximately $170 million worth of these chemicals in 1999.
	www.ftc.gov /opa/2001/02/dowunion.htm (1479 words)

	C&EN: BUSINESS - COVER STORY - DOW CHEMICAL
		Dow managers are trying to apply the same clarity of purpose to the acquisition of Union Carbide.
		Dow may be an army, but rather than marching on its stomach, it seems to march on the sheer excitement of trying to do something big and brash.
		Dow's goal with any acquisition, she says, is to have 3% of employees in training or trained one year after the deal closes.
	pubs.acs.org /cen/coverstory/7925/7925dowchemical.html (4005 words)

	The Yes Men (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But Dow wasn't the uncontested world leader in industrial accidents until they bought Union Carbide in 2001, and with it the legacy of the Bhopal catastrophe.
		Dow claims the company inherited no liabilities for the Bhopal disaster, but the victims aren't buying it, and have continued to fight Dow just as hard as they fought Union Carbide.
		Dow responded in a masterfully clumsy way, resulting in a flurry of press.
	www.theyesmen.org /hijinks/dow (419 words)

	Towards Transparency
		Dow does not necessarily share, and is in no way responsible for, or accountable to, the opinions of the public represented here, or elsewhere, now, in the past, or at any time in the future.
		Referring to Dow Chemical as having a constructive part in the birth of the environmental movement is like crediting Hitler and Eichman's racial cleansing policies against the jews as having led to the origins of international ethical and moral judgements at Nuremberg.
		Dow Chemical ismerely justifying its decision on no other grounds than the obvious fact that ducking the issue works in your favor.
	www.dowethics.com /r/about/corp/email.htm (2611 words)

	EPA-Dow Chemical Company
		Dow Chemical Company proposes a multi-media pollution prevention project they claim will reduce overall air emissions, wastewater requiring treatment, and hazardous waste by an estimated 25 to 30 percent.
		The project, to be implemented at Dow's Midland, Michigan site, involves regulatory flexibility in several areas: opportunities to test innovative reduction and treatment techniques, faster and more flexible permitting processes, and elimination of duplicate recordkeeping across environmental media.
		Specifically, Dow is seeking flexibility with respect to permitting, monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements under these laws.
	www.epa.gov /projectxl/dowmich (129 words)

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