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Re: Been that way for more than half a century
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Posted by Vern-MI on November 22, 2004 at 05:09:55 from (207.69.137.41):
In Reply to: Re: Been that way for more than half a century posted by Gerald J. on November 21, 2004 at 13:03:31:
There was a special on TV a week or so ago and they showed workers in India cutting up old ships. The ships were bought by steel brokers and cut up by Burners (workers using torches)and the scrap was then sold around the world. The Burners had very short life spans because of all the toxic fumes they constantly breath. The burners lived nearby in huts made from scrap from the ships. They have a constant supply of ships and workers who go there because it is the only place theycan find employment. Some life.
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