Toxic Tanneries Poisoning Workers in Bangladesh

Bangladeshs leather industry is worth a billion dollars a year, but that value comes at a significant human cost to the many workers employed in the countrys leather tanneries. The process of tanning leather hides is highly toxic. Workers face appalling conditions and are exposed to dangerous chemicals that also pollute surrounding waterways. VICE News correspondent Tania Rashid traveled to Dhaka, Bangladeshs capital, and visited the tannery district in the citys Hazaribagh neighborhood ranked by international research organizations as one of the most polluted places on Earth to investigate the conditions in which workers produce leather that is exported and sold all over the world. Watch A Crime Unpunished: Bangladeshi Gang Rape