by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury from MIT Technology Review on (#72ETT)
Pollution from textile production-dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium-is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. It's among many harms posed by a garment sector that was once synonymous with tragedy: In 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza factory building collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring...