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Workers carry baskets of leather scraps to be incinerated near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. There are more than a dozen furnaces putting out large volumes of toxic smoke all day, and workers wear no protection.
Photo ID: Brett-Cole-India-04308
Photo size: 16.3 Mpixels (46.6 MB uncompressed) - 4944x3296 pixels (16.5x11 in / 41.9x27.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: air pollution, Calcutta, conservation, Dhapa, dumping ground, East Calcutta Wetlands, environment, furnace, garbage, India, Kolkata, landfill, leather, pollution, recycling, smoke, trash, wetland, work