Unreported World

The World's Dirtiest River. The Indonesian island of Java is home to the planet's most polluted river and a textile industry supplying some of the world's biggest fashion brands. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Hugo Ward expose the extraordinary amount of untreated toxic waste from the textile factories, non-degradable plastics, household rubbish, dead animals and human effluent blanketing the Citarum river, which 35 million people rley on for drinking, cooking and washing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.