Hasnain says:

The map showing the homes of the dead kids right next to the factories is damming. And even if they can’t prove causation, why not close the factories cause they were already deemed illegal?

“Over the past three years, Mazhar has seen a significant increase in cases of adult asthma among her friends and family.

“Everyone’s coughing now,” she continued. “But there is no push towards awareness or advocacy about pollutants and toxicity. We need more air quality monitors, more green corridors, more industrial zone monitoring. In the informal settlement behind the Korangi Industrial Zone, everyone is coughing, everyone has chest infections.”

In Ali Muhammad Goth, lung disease is chronic, among both adults as well as children. 36-year-old Abdul Hafeez Leghari, a longtime resident, calls it ghuttan—a feeling of perpetual suffocation, an inevitable byproduct of living next to plastic and rubber factories, breathing in toxic fumes, day in and day out. “

Posted on 2023-02-24T17:08:49+0000