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The Death Ship: Clemenceau

Clemenceau… The ship that died. But didn’t stop killing.

Imagine you're the State of France. What do you do with a 27,000-tonne warship full of asbestos, PCBs, lead, mercury, and other toxic chemicals, which you don't want and no European country is willing or able to scrap for you? Why, you send it off to India to be broken up by hand in a scrapyard where impoverished workers are injured and die every day.
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Special Report

This is a joint report by Greenpeace and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), that aims to shed light on the extremely poor working and environmental conditions that are still prevailing at shipbreaking yards all over the world.

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A student in the IP college campus in New Delhi putting garbage into a bag bearing the words 'France: Your Waste Kills'. Thousands of these bags will be dumped at the French Embassy as a mark of protest. Citizens and celebrities alike are stepping forward to join Greenpeace in the protest against the toxic ship Clemenceau.

A student in the IP college campus in New Delhi putting garbage into a bag bearing the words 'France: Your Waste Kills'. Thousands of these bags will be dumped at the French Embassy as a mark of protest. Citizens and celebrities alike are stepping forward to join Greenpeace in the protest against the toxic ship Clemenceau.

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Greenpeace activists on vigil outside the Minister of Environment and Forests, bringing postcards signed by 3500 citizens, demanding that the Minister reject the Clemenceau unless fully decontaminated.

Greenpeace activists on vigil outside the Minister of Environment and Forests, bringing postcards signed by 3500 citizens, demanding that the Minister reject the Clemenceau unless fully decontaminated.

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Sufi rocker Rabbi Shergill joins Greenpeace in saying ‘No To Clemenceau.’ A massive campaign is underway to take public opinion against toxic dumping right to the doorstep of India’s Environment Ministry.

Sufi rocker Rabbi Shergill joins Greenpeace in saying ‘No To Clemenceau.’ A massive campaign is underway to take public opinion against toxic dumping right to the doorstep of India’s Environment Ministry.

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