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Leather industry falsely blamed after festival tragedy in India

21/03/2012

Indian media, quick to suggest initially that the owners of a disused tannery may have been to blame, have confirmed that abandoned dyes that caused the death of one child and left around 200 others needing hospital treatment had no link to the leather industry. The tragedy happened in the Mumbai suburb of Dharavi during the Holi festival at the...

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