…[I]n Hazaribagh in Dhaka…some 25,000 workers toil for as little as $50 a month to produce leather for shoes and other goods for stores in Europe and the United States…there are few signs of reform at Bangladesh's leather industry, where conditions are …atrocious…In these tanneries, death comes slowly," said Hasan…[activist]…referring to respiratory problems, cancers, skin diseases and other illnesses that doctors blame on long hours and few safety precautions…children as young as 14 working inside one tannery…Activists are also frustrated by murky supply chains in Hazaribagh that make it difficult to link specific tanneries to individual top Western retailers, and possibly shame them into action… there are signs of improvements in the industry…Apex Adelchi, which supplies to retailers such as Macy's...Jones Bootmaker which owns Clarks, have set up environmental-friendly tanneries to woo high-end chains.