Hollywood takes on corporate giants over Bhopal gas disaster...

Hollywood movie star Martin Sheen will join Amnesty International's battle to finally hold Union Carbide accountable for what is widely considered to be one of the world's worst industrial disasters as he launches his latest film in Los Angeles on Friday.

'A Prayer for Rain' is a compelling account of the events that led to more than half a million people being poisoned by toxic gas leaking from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on December 2, 1984.

Mischa Barton and Kal Penn, best known for their roles in 'The O.C.' and 'Harold & Kumar', also star in the drama.

 "Those who survived have faced long-term health problems, but received little medical help. For 30 years the survivors of Bhopal have campaigned for justice, for fair compensation, health care and for Union Carbide, now owned by Dow Chemicals, to be held to account," Martin Sheen told Amnesty International which issued an official release in the matter. Full story...

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