Developing World Hacks

 The world depends on huge ships to carry clothes, food, and electronics across the oceans. However, people rarely ask what happens to these giant vessels when they become too old to sail. Most of them end up on the beaches of developing countries like Bangladesh. In a place called Chittagong (now often called Chattogram), there is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. While this industry brings steel and money to the country, it also hides a very dark side. Thousands of poor workers risk their lives every day in conditions that most people would find impossible to imagine. This is a story about how the global economy uses the poorest people to do the world’s most dangerous work.