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Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by alyaza to c/news

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[–] sanzky 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

their parents also work harvesting cocoa. The reason they are poor despite being working a lot is that they are not paid enough for their work.... by Mars (or Nestle, Mondelez, etc)