Millions of sandstone quarry workers in India breathe toxic dust that causes a terminal lung disease called silicosis. To treat the illness, workers are forced to take out loans that are impossible to pay back, trapping them into a life of debt bondage and leaving behind an entire village of widows who continue to work there. Read "The widows who now work the same jobs that killed their husbands": bit.ly/4b4tWoi 00:00 - Introduction 01:37 - Widows Village 02:29 - Annu's Generational Debt 04:56 - Heera's Battle With Silicosis 06:19 - Sapna’s Lingering Debt 09:52 - The Risks to Widows and Children 11:06 - Navraji's Struggle to Find Work 12:32 - The Prevalence of Silicosis 13:40 - Where the Sandstone Goes 14:50 - The NGO Stepping Up 16:53 - The Government's Role 20:41 - Workers' Fates 22:13 - End Credits ------------------------------------------------------ #sandstone #India #riskybusiness MORE RISKY BUSINESS VIDEOS: How Toxic Century-Old Oil Wells Trap Thousands Of Workers...