Gallery: Dire Glimpses of What Pollution Is Doing in Bangladesh
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Two women go back to their village after collecting garbage to sell to traders, Gazipur.
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Households endure toxic water flowing in a canal at Hazaribagh industrial area, Dhaka.
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A worker dries liquid oxide at a black iron oxide manufacturing factory, Gazipur.
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Fishermen at work in the river in Barguna.
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Fifteen-year-old Shahidullah works at a black oxide factory in Gazipur.
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Factories discharge untreated chemicals into the Buriganga River, Dhaka.
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Informal recycle industry workers wash chemical factory waste in river water, Dhaka.
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A woman catches crabs near her home, Satkhira.
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A man sleeps in a shelter made of bamboo and plastic sheeting in a flooded area of Satkhira.
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A worker at a black iron oxide manufacturing factory, Gazipur.
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People gather to collect drinking water from a reverse-osmosis plant set up by a local NGO, Satkhira.
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A flood-affected man stands on high land waiting for a boat, Satkhira.
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A farmer replaces paddy plants damaged by waste water contamination, Gazipur.
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A group of villagers are on their way to Dhaka, in search of better living conditions. Morrelganj, Bagerhat.
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Fifteen-year-old Md. Abdullah suffers from diarrhea and is being taken to the district hospital. Waterborne diseases like diarrhea and dysentery are becoming more and more common in Satkhira.
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