Bangladesh: Billion Dollar Leather Industry Has a Problem with Child Labor and Toxic Chemicals

Despite several court orders to close down, more than 150 tanneries in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s Hazaribagh district continue to operate while dumping 21,000 cubic feet of untreated wastewater daily into one of the world’s most crowded cities.

A PBS NewsHour team of Justin Kenny and Larry C. Price visited six tanneries in Hazaribagh, where they found workers, some underage, without shoes and with little to no protective gear.

You can watch PBS NewsHour’s full report on Bangladesh’s tannery industry here.