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The widows who now work the same jobs that killed their husbands

Widows in Rajasthan, India. Suhail Bhat / Business Insider A deadly disease called silicosis is killing many workers in sandstone mines in India. In a village in the state of Rajasthan, 20 widows work in the same deadly mines to pay off debt. Business Insider spoke with some of these widows, including Bimla, Sapna, and Radha Bai. Bimla is in her late 20s and already a widow. She breaks sandstone in a quarry in the Indian state of Rajasthan, shaping tiles from the same rocks that once coated...

25 Feb, 11:31 — 25 Feb, 11:31
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