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Ship recycling is risky work in Bangladesh

January 21, 2016

In shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh low-wage workers dismantle tankers or ocean liners by hand. They are exposed to hazardous substances like asbestos and lead, but international controls are almost non-existent.

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Bildergalerie Verschrottung von alten Schiffen in Indien Gujarat
Image: Reuters/A. Dave