Child labourers exposed to toxic chemicals dying before 50, WHO says

[azharul.esdm]

Children as young as eight, working in the tanneries of Bangladesh producing leather that is in demand across Europe and the USA, are exposed to toxic chemical cocktails that are likely to shorten their lives, according to a new report.

Approximately 90% of those who live and work in the overcrowded urban slums of Hazaribagh and Kamrangirchar, where hazardous chemicals are discharged into the air, streets and river, die before they reach 50, according to the World Health Organisation.


The river runs black: pollution from Bangladesh's tanneries – in pictures
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Their plight spurred the volunteer doctors of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to set up clinics in the area to diagnose and treat those who are the victims of their workplace. It is, says a paper published in BMJ Case Reports, “the first time they have intervened in an area for reasons other than natural disasters or war”.

MSF’s intervention was triggered by “the widespread industrial negligence and apathy of owners of tanneries and other hazardous material factories” towards the more than 600,000 largely migrant population who have no access to government-funded healthcare.

[afrin.ns]

Thanks

[Monir Hossan]

Although child labor is prohibited in Bangladesh, we see a large number of them are doing some hazardous works. The relevant government agency should take proper steps to address and solve this.

[Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury]

Agree with Mr. Monir.........

[azharul.esdm]

Thanks to all for your valuable comment.

[Raisa]

thanks