Toxic Tanneries Poisoning Workers in Bangladesh

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The Bangladeshi leather industry is worth half 1 billion pounds, with the majority of Bengali black leather exported to European leather goods manufacturers. But the process of tanning leather hides is highly toxic and workers face appalling conditions with little regard for health and safety. 90% of them die before they reach the age of 50 and the Industry is responsible poisoning the countries main waterways. Tania travels to the tannery district in the Dhaka neighbourhood of Hazaribagh to investigate. • Click here to SUBSCRIBE to VICE Asia: https://bit.ly/2LhqAR9 • Connect with VICE Asia: • Check out our full video catalog: https://bit.ly/2P3Y0pv • Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com/en_asia • More videos from the VICE network: https://fb.com/viceasia/videos/ • Like VICE Asia on Facebook: http://fb.com/viceasia • Follow VICE Asia on Twitter: / viceasia • Follow us on Instagram: / viceasia

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