Paul Phare's series of artworks, A glimpse behind the mask of Dow is a personal response to Dow Chemical's "human element" advertising campaign, on which Dow has spent $30 million.

Since the Bhopal disaster, no incident of that scale has occurred. But that, say some, is not due to an improvement in our safety culture. According to Carolyn W. Merritt, chairperson of the US Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board “luck and good fortune” is what has helped the US avoid a chemical tragedy. If that is the case with the US, the less said about India the better.

The unseen human impact of Dow Chemical is the lifelong illness and death of tens of thousands people due to poisoning by Dow's products and practices from Bhopal, India to those exposed to Dow's DBCP/Nemagon throughout Central America.

On February 13th, 2007 Dow Chemical settled with the SEC for $325,000 in an administrative case charging Dow's subsidiary DE-Nocil with bribing Indian officials in excess of $200,000 over a 6 year period to register Dow's pesticides in India.

Details the struggle for justice by many people in Vietnam, India, Latin America, the US and around the world who have been poisoned by Dow’s toxic products and emissions.