Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 photo, a Bangladeshi man processes tannery ...
Standing knee deep in toxic chemicals, Mokter Hossain loads animal hides into huge drums filled with still more dangerous liquids at a tannery in the Bangladesh capital. Barefoot and sick with fever, ...
DHAKA (Reuters) - Luxury leather goods sold across the world are produced in a slum area of Bangladesh's capital where workers, including children, are exposed to hazardous chemicals and often injured ...
WASHINGTON — Human Rights Watch said in a new study released Tuesday that thousands of workers toiling in leather tanneries near Dhaka, Bangladesh, have been exposed to hazardous chemicals and are ...
British biologist Jeremy Wade highlighted the severe water pollution caused by Kanpur's tanneries, noting the illegal dumping of over 50 million gallons of industrial waste into the Ganges daily. The ...