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Article

17 Nov 2013

Author:
Srestha Banerjee, Down to earth

Grave yards [Bangladesh]

…[T]he ship-breaking hub of Bangladesh, does not give an impression that only a few years ago the apex court of the country had intervened to clean up the hazardous industry following years of campaign by environmental and human rights groups...The coastal strip in Chittagong division remains littered with scrap metals stained with toxic oil and chemicals; some of the chemicals are carcinogenic...This year till July, seven have died and hundreds have been injured.