Breaking Ships: How Supertankers and Cargo Ships Are Dismantled on the Beaches of Bangladesh

by Roland Buerk

Asbestos, explosives, and chemical waste are only a few of the hazards involved in the meticulous work of destroying a giant ship. When new labor laws and environmental standards came to Europe, the ship-breaking industry moved to places like Chittagong on the coast of Bangladesh-places where the lives of workers seem expendable, and the environment is someone else's problem. Breaking Ships follows the demise of the Asian Tiger , a ship destroyed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596090367
• ISBN13: 9781596090361
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Chamberlain Brothers
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8