Sifting through lead waste, these are the self-confessed scavengers who work on the Black Mountain at the world’s most toxic town.
The first thing you notice about this desperate band is the darkness in their eyes. They are red, heavily bloodshot. Some have turned yellow.
A motley crew dressed in tracksuit bottoms, boiler suits – some are barefoot – they readily acknowledge the dangerously high levels of lead in their blood streams.