# @businessinsider on YouTube

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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=L-1onPXTTyE
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-14T13:00:00.000+00:00
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## Caption

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": https://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

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How Millions Are Trapped In Modern-Day Slavery At Sandstone Quarries In India | Risky Business | Business Insider

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