Recycled Prostheses

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In Thailand, many people have lost limbs in land mines along the country’s borders with Cambodia and Burma. A recycling program is collecting aluminum cans and plastic bottles, making artificial limbs from the materials and offering them free to anyone who needs them. Orlando de Guzman reports.

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