kamal hosein has been working here for almost two decades. he doesn't even wear gloves to handle the hides, which are treated with chromium in large wooden drums. the floor is covered in a ththk brew of toxic chemicals. untreated, they flow into the drain. that's illegal. but anti-pollution laws are not enforced. for fifteen years, the government has been talking about closing down tanneries like this and opening a new industrial park. our bosses kept dragagging it o. >> they kept saying they needed more time. but a court has now ruled that the tanneries have to close straightaway, and that the new ones must be built now. if t that really happens, it'lle a disaster for us. we'll all lose our jobs. >> it's hot, humid and it stinks. two hundred people work here. us investigative journalists recently published a report on child labor in the bangladeshi leather industry. that's why they're keen to show us everything is above board. workers say their shifts are 8 to ten hours long, and they're paid the equivalent of about 150 euros a month. we can