Young men in their teens work in the city’s Bangla motor area at road side “auto-repair shops”. They specialise in repairing broken or damaged plastic body parts of motor-bikes and motor-cars. Though highly skilled, these young men’s jobs are extremely hazardous. They use open fires to heat up metal files to shape solid and resin plastic, often burning themselves. They are also constantly inhaling poisonous fumes, and exposing themselves to dioxins.
According to WHO, dioxins are highly toxic and can cause reproductive and developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones and also cause cancer.
-With The Independent input
