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A woman collects rubbish from the bank of the polluted Buriganga river, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Poisonous waste is thrown into the river every day, from 158 tanneries in Dhaka city. The river contains 60 times higher chromium levels than the permiss
Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

  • A woman collects rubbish from the bank of the polluted Buriganga river, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Poisonous waste is thrown into the river every day, from 158 tanneries in Dhaka city. The river contains 60 times higher chromium levels than the permiss

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  • Credits Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
  • Themes Politics and Economics
  • Regions Bangladesh

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