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Chinese Factory Workers: Poisoned and Unprotected

chinahealthcare-932x621From Michael Blanding and Heather White for Wired, the story of workers at many electronics factories in China: exposed to toxic industrial chemicals, then abused by the workers’ compensation system. Responsibility is buried along many tiers of sub-contractors. Heather White’s video dramatizes the human cost.

[Reporting sponsored by The Green Park Foundation.]

Photo credit: Sim Chi Yin