Zhangjiagang Yuanwang Iron & Steel Ship Breaking Yard

Workers, protected only with helmets, in the Zhangjiagang Yuanwang Iron & Steel shipbreaking yard removing isolation material which may contain asbestos.

Unique identifier: GP011Y7

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/11/2000

Locations: Asia, China, Deji, Yangtze River

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Qilai Shen

Size: 3221px × 2088px 1MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Ship Breaking Documentation in China

Western companies are using China as a dumping ground for ships whose working lives have expired. Greenpeace travelled to four ship breaking yards in China – two located on the Yangtze River and two on the Pearl River delta - surveying the environmental and working conditions, paying particular attention to the handling of hazardous substances. The study also involved sampling and analyses of sediments from the vicinity of the yards to indicate the extent of contamination due to ship breaking activity.

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