Eight-year-old children toil in Tanzania gold mines

Children as young as eight are working in Tanzania’s small-scale gold mines and face serious risks to their health and lives from mercury poisoning and pit collapses, a new report by Human Rights Watch said.
The report by the global rights watchdog urged the Tanzanian government, donor countries and the World Bank to curb the worst forms of child labour.
http://www.trust.org/item/20130828075404-1cepl