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Unholy Water
Episode 3 of 5
The Ganges is one of the most sacred rivers in the world and yet is also one of the most polluted. Oliver Franklin-Wallis discovers the true cost of cheap leather goods.
Tanning is an ancient art honed over centuries. It traditionally uses vegetable dye to soften and colour hides. However, a quicker, modern approach uses chromium salts to create the same effect, but the fallout from the process is contributing to the poisoning of one of the most sacred rivers in the world and the people who live and work around it.
Oliver Franklin-Wallis discovers the true cost of cheap leather goods.
Read by Russ Bain
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Naomi Walmsley
Last on
Thu 30 Nov 2023
00:30
大象传媒 Radio 4
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