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13 Products Most Likely To Made By Child Or Forced Labor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/18/child-labor-products_n_798601.html#s210960&title=undefined
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More than 115,000,000 of the world's
children are forced into labor, according to a U.S. Department of
Labor report.
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The DOL defines forced child labor or exploitation as: |
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The
sale or trafficking of children
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Slavery
or practices similar to slavery
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Forced recruitment of children for
armed conflict |
The involvement of
children in
drug trafficking
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The
commercial exploitation
of children |
Debt
bondage or serfdom |
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Work most likely to
harm children's health,
safety, or morals. |
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Of these children,
60%
work in agriculture,
26%
in services,
and
7%
in industry. Some industries are terribly worse than others.
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The DOL's
List Of Goods Produced By Child Labor or Forced Labor lists 128
goods made by child laborers. These include basic products we use
everyday. The HuffingtonPost.com ranked these products by the
numbers of countries use child or forced labor to produce each good.
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#13
Carpet
is produced in 5 countries by child labor or
forced labor. The countries include:
Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal and
Pakistan. |
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#12
Cocoa
is produced in 5 countries by child labor or forced labor. The countries
include:
Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria. |
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#11
Coal
is produced in 6 countries by child labor or forced labor. The countries
include:
China, Colombia, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan and Ukraine.
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#10
Diamonds
are produced in 7 countries by forced labor or
child labor. The countries include:
Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. |
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#9
Garments
are produced in 6 countries by child labor or forced labor. The
countries include:
Argentina, China, India, Jordan, Malaysia and Thailand.
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#8
Rice
is produced in 8 countries by child labor or
forced labor. The Countries include:
Brazil, Burma, Dominican Republic, India,
Kenya, Mali, Philippines and Uganda |
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#7
Cattle
are produced in 9 countries by forced labor or child labor. The countries
include:
Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Namibia, Paraguay, Uganda and
Zambia. |
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#6
Coffee
is produced in 13 countries by child labor or forced labor. The countries
include:
Colombia, Cote d'ivoire, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea,
Honduras, El Salvador, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Tanzania and Uganda.
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#5
Bricks
are produced in 15 countries by child labor or forced labor. The
countries include:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia,
China, Ecuador, India, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Uganda and Colombia. |
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#4
Tobacco
is produced in 15 countries by child labor or
forced labor. The countries include:
Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Labanon, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua,
Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. |
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#3
Sugarcane
is produced in 15 countries by child labor or
forced labor. The countries include:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama,
Philippines, Thailand and Uganda |
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#2
Cotton
is produced in 16 countries by child labor or
forced labor. The countries include:
Argentina, Azerbaijan, Benin, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Paraguay,
Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Zambia. |
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#1
Gold
is produced in 17 countries by child labor or
forced labor. The countries include:
Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Mali, Mongolia,
Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Peru, Philippines, Senegal and Tanzania
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The DOL lists 128 of the most common
child labor markets in it's report:
List
Of Goods Produced By Child Labor or Forced Labor
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/pdf/2010TVPRA.pdf |
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