None of these photos have been edited. This is the effect of synthetic dye on the environment
In Bangladesh, the Savar resident who did not want to be named said he doesn't go into the water around his neighborhood anymore.
"This water causes sores on the body," he said, adding that people washing their hands or faces in the water have experienced fevers and skin irritation.
Ridwanul Haque, an executive of the Dhaka-based NGO Agroho, has said that toxic pollutants in water are a "huge problem in a country like Bangladesh." Haque, whose organization provides clean drinking water and free medical care to marginalized communities, said the rivers and canals that run through Dhaka have turned a "pitch black color" due to the sludge and sewage produced by textile dyeing and processing factories.
"People don't have any other option so they have to ... drink (from) it. They are hopeless, they don't have money to install a filter or drill (for) deep water".