Steelworks poses dilemma
By Agence France-Presse in Taranto | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-02 07:45
Plant's toxic blast furnace goes offline for a year, but residents worry about future work
As the main blast furnace at one of Europe's most polluted steelworks belches its last toxic cloud, activist Fabio Matacchiera was the only one there celebrating.
In the impoverished city of Taranto, work that has provoked cancer is preferable to starving.
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