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Ship recycling is risky work in Bangladesh

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January 21, 2016

In shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh, poorly paid workers dismantle giant tankers or ocean liners by hand. They are regularly exposed to hazardous substances like asbestos and lead. International controls are almost non-existent.

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