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Posted Tue Jun 10 2008: from AFP, via Tehran Times (Iran):
Recycling boom adds to hazardous life of Cambodian children http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1213118597
 Cambodia's growing demand for recyclables -- from bottles and cans to cardboard -- has seen a sharp rise in the number of child scavengers trawling through the capital's waste heaps, many of them press-ganged into what advocates say is one of the world's most hazardous forms of labor.... "They use neither gloves nor shoes, they inhale toxic fumes, eat out of garbage bins," he said, listing ailments he sees every day, from headaches and infected wounds to diarrhea and hacking coughs.
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