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Bangladesh Pollution, Told in Colors and Smells
2013-07-15 03:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: On the worst days, the toxic stench wafting through the Genda Government Primary School is almost suffocating. Teachers struggle to concentrate, as if they were choking on air. Students often become lightheaded and dizzy. A few boys fainted in late April. Another retched in class. The odor rises off the polluted canal behind the schoolhouse where nearby factories dump their wastewater. Most of the factories are garment operations, textile mills and dyeing plants in the supply chain that exports...
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BANGLADESH: 90% of garment factories structurally unsound
2013-07-12 14:35:17| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
An expert panel at Bangladesh's leading engineering university has found only one in ten of the country's garment factory buildings are structurally sound.
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BANGLADESH: Japan pledges $13m fund for factory upgrades
2013-07-12 14:07:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Funds worth nearly US$13m (BDT1.0bn) are to be made available to help Bangladesh ready-made garment manufacturers improve factory safety.
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How do the Bangladesh safety pacts measure up?
2013-07-11 16:12:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Unveiling a new five-year plan to improve worker safety at the factories in Bangladesh that produce their clothing, North American brands and retailers were keen to stress the similarities between their own initiative and a separate scheme backed by 70 mainly European companies. That said, there are considerable differences too.
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US: North American retailers detail Bangladesh safety plan
2013-07-10 19:35:51| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A group of leading North American retailers and brands - led by Wal-Mart and Gap - have committed more than $142m in funding and low interest loans to help improve factory safety conditions for garment workers in Bangladesh.
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