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Cooley Hurd

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2. Most of the ships being broken up today are over 40 years old, before the asbestos ban...
Tue May 14, 2013, 08:06 PM
May 2013

...meaning they are literally laden with the stuff.

The same problems in Alang, India as in Gadani. It's a sad existence to have to pull apart these old ships so you can feed your family - all the while being made sick from it.

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