People Living in a garbage dump in Cambodia

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Poepl working and leaving in a garbage dump in Cambodia

in Environment, on the 4th of August 2007

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In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35362

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35363

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35367

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35368

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35374

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35376

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35378

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35380

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35381

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35387

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35388

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35389

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35390

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35403

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35404

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

ID: 35405

In then suburb of Phnom Penh there is a district where all the garbage from the citiy is dumped. Many people live there with their whole family, most of them are migrants from the rural side of Cambodia who couldn't succeed to find a job in the city and ended up there. I have been told that they could earn more in one day on the dump than farming rice. However the dump is dangerous, many kids have been killed under the trucks discharging the dump and many are injured with the waste which is on the floor, among them medical waste. Another problem is the high level of dioxine(PCB) and methane gas which they inhale all along the day. THe families live next to the dump, in makeshifts.

Tags Asia, cambodia, child, dump, ecology, environment, Garbage, issue, kid, labour, waste

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wonderful reportage, in a

Submitted by Alessandro Vannucci on Fri, 26/06/2009 - 11:04.

wonderful reportage, in a very sad place...

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We got a similar problem here

Submitted by David Manoa on Mon, 25/05/2009 - 13:25.

We got a similar problem here in Nairobi Kenya, perhaps we can do a comparison story. What do you think?

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Hi, a few have published, not

Submitted by Yan Seiler on Sun, 22/03/2009 - 19:44.

Hi, a few have published, not thet whole story

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Amazing images.

Submitted by Atavar on Sat, 21/03/2009 - 22:45.

Amazing images.

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These are absolutely amazing

Submitted by Turi Munthe on Sat, 21/03/2009 - 20:13.

These are absolutely amazing pictures, and such a story. Did you publish them?

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