To go with story 'Hazaribagh: Toxic Leather in Bangladesh' by Mohammad asad In this photograph taken on March 21, 2014. Hazaribagh toxic leather is important for life, because it is save life to earn money many people and destroy life to its toxicity. Here work generally poor people. In this people most of women and child labor. Hazaribagh is ranked among the 30 most polluted places in the world. Every day, 15,000 m3 of waste and toxic sludge are released and accumulate in the middle of houses. They flow directly into the river untreated. It is therefore not surprising that the river crossing


To go with story 'Hazaribagh: Toxic Leather in Bangladesh' by Mohammad asad In this photograph taken on March 21, 2014. Hazaribagh toxic leather is important for life, because it is save life to earn money many people and destroy life to its toxicity. Here work generally poor people. In this people most of women and child labor. Hazaribagh is ranked among the 30 most polluted places in the world. Every day, 15,000 m3 of waste and toxic sludge are released and accumulate in the middle of houses. They flow directly into the river untreated. It is therefore not surprising that the river crossing the city, the Buriganga, is the third most polluted river in the world. Residents wash and do their chores yet in this river. With these deplorable conditions, we can buy bags, shoes or clothes always cheaper. This leather wastes is also food of fish and chicken. The WTO has imposed up to standard by 2014 the tanneries. (Photo by Mohammad asad / Pacific Press)


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Keywords: bangladesh, hazaribagh, toxic