Before and after the event there was concern over the sponsorship of the Run For Water by Dow Chemical , whose sponsorship of this event has been described as " the ultimate in greenwashing " , given Dow 's ownership of Union Carbide , their refusal to clean up the Bhopal site , plus their direct responsibility for groundwater poisoning incidents in Morrisonville , Louisiana and the Tittabawassee River in Michigan . Their much-publicised water filtration plants in India have failed because the local population can not afford to replace the expensive high-tech filters
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