Living at the Ganga River is associated with of risk because the river is heavily polluted. In Kanpur, the fifth-largest city of India, there are about 400 tanneries which dispose of their poisonous sewage water directly into the Ganga. Many children are working illegally in the tanneries, even though child labour under 18 years is forbidden by the government. Spending long hours in toxic and harmful environment, they earn 60 Indian Rupees (1 Euro) per day. They are suffering from symptoms of contamination by chemicals used inside the tanneries like respiratory problems, malnutrition and gastrointestinal diseases.
