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In the wee hours of the morning on January 31, in the worst tannery disaster in the industry's history in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a deluge of toxic sludge from a storage tank killed nine sleeping workers and a watchman. The Tamil Nadu Farmers' Association said the tank explosion was due to poor construction and they are demanding 10 lakh rupees (US$16,200) compensation for the victims.

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Workers in many leather tanneries in the Hazaribagh neighborhood of Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, including children as young as 11, become ill because of exposure to hazardous chemicals and are injured in horrific workplace accidents. The tanneries, which export hundreds of millions of dollars in leather for luxury goods throughout the world, spew pollutants into surrounding communities. Human Rights Watch documents an occupational health and safety crisis among tannery workers, both men and women, including skin diseases and respiratory illnesses caused by exposure to tanning chemicals, and limb amputations caused by accidents in dangerous tannery machinery.

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Der Dokumentarfilm „Bitter Seeds” von Micha X. Peled thematisiert die Auswirkungen von Gentechnik im Baumwollanbau in Indien. INKOTA hat den Film „Bitter Seeds” mit deutschen Untertiteln herausgebracht, und begleitend dazu ein Arbeitsheft herausgebracht.

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Die in dieser Studie veröffentlichten Rechercheergebnisse über die italienische Schuh- und Bekleidungsindustrie zeigen, dass die Konkurrenz mit Osteuropa und Asien in Italien die Löhne drückt und die Arbeitsbedingungen verschlechtert.

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Clean Clothes Campaign and MAP Foundation launched an in-depth study into the working conditions of migrants from Myanmar (Burma) working in the Thai apparel industry. The report documents how workers are not only denied the right to collective bargaining and minimum social security; it also shows they are denied the legal minimum wage which is tantamount to wage theft.

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