Toxic Tanneries Poisoning Workers in Bangladesh by VICE News

Bangladesh’s leather industry is worth a billion dollars a year, but that value comes at a significant human cost to the many workers employed in the country’s leather tanneries. The process of tanning leather hides is highly toxic. Workers face appalling conditions and are exposed to dangerous chemicals that also pollute surrounding waterways. VICE News correspondent Tania Rashid traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, and visited the tannery district in the city’s Hazaribagh neighborhood — ranked by international research organizations as one of the most polluted places on Earth — to investigate the conditions in which workers produce leather that is exported and sold all over the world. Watch "A Crime Unpunished: Bangladeshi Gang Rape" - http://bit.ly/1wolPGl Read "Tanneries in Bangladesh Are Spewing Toxic Waste and Making Workers Sick" - http://bit.ly/1woRIhQ Read "People in Bangladesh Are Cleaning Up A Huge Oil Spill With Their Bare Hands" - http://bit.ly/1ukTIYG Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: http://ift.tt/1dg3mpt Twitter: http://ift.tt/1gaIZKT Tumblr: http://ift.tt/1dg3pl5 Instagram: http://ift.tt/1koeNxu More videos from the VICE network: http://ift.tt/1zdSm92