Children Working in American Tobacco Fields

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Knowflake

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From: 1,981 mi East of Truth or Consequences NM
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 19, 2013 12:43 AM

Why do we ban cigarettes to minors, but somehow it’s perfectly OK to have 12-year-olds getting nicotine poisoning in the fields?

http://www.thenation.com/article/177136/why-are-children-working-american-tobacco-fields

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Knowflake

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From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013

posted November 19, 2013 12:15 PM

I suspect more likely Roundup poisoning, but I can just hear the chorus of folk who protest that labour laws are just the socialist wayof depriving kids of the right to work.

I agree kids should be allowed to work, but I doubt tobacco farm employment would meet health and developmental needs ... while the article says it's legal here, I was under the impression that 12 hour days hard labor were not?

Or is that a States' right to decide?

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