Toxic Trespass

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  Giles Clarke, United States
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  CNN Digital
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'Toxic Trespass' sheds light on the toxic effects and growing contamination from the
abandoned Union Carbide pesticide factory site that continues to severely effect and poison the
people of Bhopal, India today.

The original site of the heavily-polluted pesticide plant was never cleared up and remains, as
referred to by Greenpeace, one of the world's 'toxic hotspots'. Thousands families have, for
decades, been using water contaminated with toxic chemicals as their primary supply leading
to serious illnesses, including cancers, and a spate of birth defects in their children.

The title refers to scholar-activist Sandra Steingraber's concept of toxic trespass, in which
"chemicals that are suspected or known to be linked to cancer or reproductive problems;
neurological poisons that are entering our bodies because we're breathing or we're drinking or
we're eating food and we haven't consented to their presence being there."

Giles Clarke is a photojournalist focusing on capturing the human face of current and post-conflict global issues.

Awards 2024: World Report Award - Master Award Winner - Festival Della Fotografia Etica - Lodi, Italy.
2022: Winner of the Sharjah Government Communication Award for his past work in prisons in El Salvador
2021: Winner of the 'WARS Photography Award' created by Associazione 46 Parallelo / Atlante Delle Wars in Italy for work in Yemen.
2021: PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Gold Award - 'Yemen In Covid' - War/Press Category.