Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Toxic tanneries cause lasting harm

port leather worth hundreds of millions of dollars for use in luxury goods. The 101-page report, ‘Toxic tanneries: The health repercussions of Bangladesh’s Hazaribagh leather’, documents “an occupational health and safety crisis among tannery workers, both men and women, including skin diseases and respiratory illnesses caused by exposure to tanning chemicals, and limb amputations caused by accidents in dangerous tannery machinery.” Pollution from the tanneries means the ill-health spills over into the community.

None

Get the Android app