Bangladesh: Tanneries Harm Workers, Poison Communities

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The tanneries, which export hundreds of millions of dollars in leather for luxury goods throughout the world, spew pollutants into surrounding communities. Human Rights Watch 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. </div> </div> </div> <div class="fieldgroup group-related-materials"> <h2>Related Materials</h2> <div class="content"><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reports-for-video"> <div class="field-label">Report: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/10/08/toxic-tanneries">Toxic Tanneries</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-news-for-video"> <div class="field-label">News Release: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/08/bangladesh-tanneries-harm-workers-poison-communities">Bangladesh: Tanneries Harm Workers, Poison Communities</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="social_mm"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126131740/http://www.twitter.com/hrw"><img align="left" src="/web/20130126131740im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/twtr.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126131740/http://www.facebook.com/humanrightswatch"><img align="left" src="/web/20130126131740im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/fb.gif"></a> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/rss/videos"><img align="left" src="/web/20130126131740im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/rssmm.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126131740/http://www.youtube.com/humanrightswatch"><img align="left" src="/web/20130126131740im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/yt.gif"></a> <br><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126131740/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126131740/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126131740/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126131740/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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