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'We know we'll die of cancer': Life in one of Chile's industrialised 'sacrifice' zones Hundreds of people, many of them children, have been exposed to toxic pollution since the beginning of June in the Chilean cities of Quintero and Puchuncaví. With widespread pollution from heavy industry and harmful cases of contamination in the past, the region is considered a "sacrifice zone" of the country. The FRANCE 24 Observers team spoke to a local teacher who condemned the growth of industry "at the expense of the health" of residents.