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In Indonesia's Jakarta Bay, thousands of families are trapped in debt as they harvest green mussels, one of the last surviving life-forms in the increasingly polluted waters. But as the bay offers less, their loans snowball, trapping them in an endless cycle of debt. That pushes them back into the toxic waters that have already killed two-thirds of shellfish in the bay. Also watch "How Millions Are Trapped In Modern-Day Slavery At Brick Kilns In Pakistan": youtube.com/watch?v=oAOypGQdzGU&t And "How Millions Are Trapped In Modern Day Slavery At Sandstone Quarries in India": youtube.com/watch?v=L-1onPXTTyE 00:00 – Introduction 01:34 – The Families Shucking to Get By 03:09 – Hunting in the Toxic Jakarta Bay 07:04 – How Green Mussels Grow Deformed 07:45 – Why Workers Get Trapped in Debt 08:30 – The Global Debt Trap 10:40 – The Pollution Problem 13:01 – Inside the Shucking Factories 16:20 – Why the Mussels Became Dangerous to Eat 17:32 – Why People Still Buy Green ...

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