Bangladesh'S Ecological Environment Was Destroyed By Leather Processing Plants.

< p > in Bangladesh's < a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > leather < /a > factory, the naked workers can be seen everywhere on the drying rack.

Leather is favored by fashion companies such as Italy and Hongkong because of its unique flexibility and luster.

The international fashion companies' demand for Bangladesh a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > clothing > /a has increased export revenue by 20% in the past year.

But in the scorching sun, who pays the price?

The color, like the toxic substances in oil, is discharged into the open ditch, passing through the crowded streets and rows of simple houses to the urban watercourses.

Saddam Hussein (Saddam Hossein) was resting on the edge of one of the ditches.

The young man is only 23 years old, and looks 10 years old. His hands are scarred by chemical contact all year round.

"It's a hard work," he said. "But I have nothing else to do."

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< p > the catastrophic accident of Rana Plaza in April this year has aroused people's alarm: Bangladesh has become the pronoun of cheap garments and has paid an astonishing price for fast fashion.

Although the reputation of < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/" > leather industry < /a > is slightly better than that of the notorious a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > garment industry < /a >, but it is not much better.

The workers' treatment and working environment are totally unequal to the whole leather industry of $1 billion in Bangladesh.

Most of the 206 tanneries in the country are concentrated in a region called Ha Za Lee Bagg (Hazaribagh), a noisy area in the southwestern direction of the capital of Bangladesh.

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Because of the lack of unified sewage treatment facilities, P has been seriously eroded by pollution.

According to the Human Rights Watch issued by the government in October 2012, untreated wastewater of 21000 cubic centimeters per day was invested in the briggan river.

Excessive chemicals in soil and water continue to damage the health of some 180 thousand residents. Many people have been certified to have severe skin rash and respiratory diseases.

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< p > "the environment here is worse every year, the water stinks, our children get sick, and the government doesn't care."

Rachman, Khalilur Rahman, said the 52 year old shopkeeper had lived there for 30 years in Lille.

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< p > more than 16000 local "a href=" http://www.91se91.com "tanning workers < /a > because of direct or indirect contact with stimulant chemicals, as if living in nightmares, it is said that the life expectancy is less than 50 years old.

In a tanning factory called M/B, the employees directly put the chemicals containing chromium and sodium formate into giant animal skin agitator without gloves.

The floor is covered with traces of chemical spills. Many workers are just teenagers.

Despite working all day in a steaming, smelly and hurting environment, Muhammad Azim, 16, is happy to earn 1.5 dollars a day in the factory to help Mohamed Achim as a father of rickshaw puller.

"I guess we are used to it."

He said.

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Mohamed Abdul Hai, chairman of the Pakistan leather Council, said that the leather industry in the Mohammed had already made great progress, and the quality of products and the treatment of workers were higher than before. P Mohammed

For the employment of child labor, he argues, "only adult men can do such jobs."

But he also took the lead in recognizing that no measures have been taken to solve the problem of wastewater treatment.

The main reason is that in addition to issuing tickets to two tanneries in April, the government did not have any supervision and action in the area.

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< p > in view of the relevant critical reports, some European buyers and diplomats have expressed concern.

Hay insisted that the a href= "http://www.91se91.com" > tannery plant < /a > the factory owner will move the factory to the special industrial park on the edge of the city from next year.

However, since 2001, the court ruled that the relocation of the order was followed by one delay, and even the officials of the municipal government began to cynicism.

Everything is ready, and the factory owner has promised to relocate. "Shaikh Yusuf Harun", a deputy director of Dhaka, said, "but no one is taking action."

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Less than 400 million dollars is still a major problem in Bangladesh, where cash flow is scarce, P.

Philip Gain, an environmental activist in Dhaka, tracks the entire leather industry and believes that foreign buyers should do more for the country's export driven "a href=" http://www.91se91.com "leather industry" /a "Gain".

Tanneries are "constantly polluting the area," he said. "Buyers therefore have absolute responsibility for the local people."

The relocation of tanneries is a gigantic project. He suggested that a safe pipeline should be built outside Dhaka to discharge wastewater to specific treatment equipment.

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< p > income for the shantytowns who live around the area surpasses others.

In a poisonous red and gray liquid, several women are fishing for leather fragments blown down by the typhoon.

Arjina, 32, is the mother of 3 children with blood in her eyes.

She kept diving into the bottom of the pool, hoping to reach the deepest point.

She did not have a fixed job, and a factory owner just bought these pieces of leather in kilos.

Unwilling to reveal the full name of aguilna, said: "this is work, we must eat."

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