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Toxic Waste in Bangladesh
2/10/2014

Toxic waste is poisoning water in Bangladesh
Monday, 10 February 2014

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Toxic waste is poisoning water in Bangladesh
Pollutants from textile industry largely to blame for damage to environment
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Purchase this article for republication Waste water, polluted by factory chemicals, running into a canal in Savar. A deadly building collapse highlighted the dangers in Bangladesh’s clothing industry, but environmental destruction is taking a daily toll, too. -- PHOTO: NEW YORK TIMES

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Buy SPH photos (http://www.phot obank.com.sg/) SAVAR (Bangladesh) - On the worst days, the toxic stench wafting through the
Ganda Government Primary School is almost suffocating. Teachers struggle to concentrate, as if they were choking on air. Students often become lightheaded and dizzy. A few boys fainted in late April.
The odour rises off the polluted canal

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