In 2004, Rashida Bee and Champa Devi received the "Goldman Prize for Excellence in Protecting the Environment", in recognition of their exemplary 20 years struggle. They used the $125,000 in prize money in aid of their NGO, the Chingari Trust, that provides medical aid to children born with congenital malformations. They created, in their turn, the "Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crime" recognizing women fighting corporate crime across India. The first ceremony, held in Bhopal in 2007, was a great success.
As for orange agent used during the war of Vietnam (produced amongst other things by Dow and Monsanto), the residues and pesticides produced by Union Carbide cause congenital malformations (respiratory/circulatory system, muscle-skeleton…). Exposure of children is double: in utero + breast-feeding, and by drink water (a child drinks 2,5 times more water, relatively to its weight, compared to an adult). The women exposed to the pesticides by their environment, have 2 times more risks to make abortion in consequence of malformation of the foetus.
"Here, adults were victims of gas, and now, children are victims of water" said Poona Bai, mother of Raj, who cannot walk and has an oversize head.