Factoid/2009/05/14
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The Harmful Practice of Dismantling Large Ships on Beaches
- "The dismantling of ships, so that their steel and other materials can be sold as scrap, is often done on or near beaches in poor countries... labor advocates contend that the process still kills and maims many workers each year and results in the contamination of shorelines with asbestos, oily waste, toxic paint and other dangerous materials." - excerpt from this New York Times article.
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