Garment factories in Bangladesh are not just killing people by collapsing and bursting into flames. They also dump their toxic wastes into rivers and canals that, naturally, drift downstream and contaminate drinking water for people there. So companies like Walmart, J.C. Penney, and H & M not only benefit from low wages and appalling working conditions, but also by having no cost or responsibility to keep the environment clean by properly disposing of their waste. It must be heaven for the profit takers, just what capitalism ordered! John Ayers.
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