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Can The Next Bangladesh Factory Disaster Be Prevented?

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The death toll from last month's Bangladesh clothing factory collapse is now over 800 people. The scale of the disaster has prompted many people here in Washington to question our role as consumers.

Ross Reynolds talks with Morgan Currier, a senior at University of Washington and member of the coordinating committee of United Students Against Sweatshops, Paul Guppy, vice president for research at the Washington Policy Center, and Kristen Beifus, executive director of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition.

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