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Romania.
In the Ceausescu era, prisoners and Roma were forced to undertake
the most dangerous work in the notorious toxic factories of
the “black city” Copsa Mica, in Transylvania. The factories
in this most polluted corner of Romania closed down five years
ago. Today, Romani families like Petru Carolea’s, still live
in the soot and black dirt behind the factories, with a bleak
future before them.
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Macedonia. Every spring,
when the snow melts in the mountains, the dirty water of a
nearby river floods the Roma settlement of Kumanovo. When
the waters recede, they leave behind a desert of mud.
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Hungary. Scrap-metal
collectors from Kerepes separate tires from rims. For every
kilogram of scrap metal they get paid five cents. |
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