I never thought about ships. I neither knew or cared about how or where old ships are dismantled. That is until about a month ago when I saw an article about toxic ships. A few minutes on Google and I discovered the horrifying reality of what happens after ships can no longer ply the oceans. Children without proper gear or protection from the toxic residues of the ships were doing backbreaking work. I’m sure there are economic benefits of sending ships to Third World nations to be dismantled — that’s why it’s happening, yet another example of extreme poverty and exploitation of the poor. I can’t help being deeply disturbed by the human and environmental cost of shipbreaking.

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