To maximize profits, entire families work. And this means putting
children to work as child laborers. Gold fever shows no sign of ending.
Data published in 2012 by the United States Department of Labor estimate
that almost half of all children in Burkina Faso younger than 18 work.
Of these, many children toil in the agriculture and mining sectors where
they are exposed to chemical hazards, hazardous machinery and heavy
labor.
http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/burkina-faso-gold-mines-child-labor-exploitation-poverty-migration-famine
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