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New GAO Report Raises Concern over the Health and Safety of Child Farmworkers in the United States

For immediate release: December 6, 2018 Contact: Reid Maki, Child Labor

Fri Dec 7 2018

Child labor, Forced Labor, and Cotton and How They All Converged at the UN October 1st

Consumers love cotton. It’s soft, comfortable and natural. But cotton has a dark

Thu Nov 8 2018

Report Traces Goods Made with Child Labor to 76 Countries

Of the products we use, wear, or consume every day, how many are made with child labor? Perhaps

Wed Sep 26 2018

Advocate Len Morris: Children’s Rights are Human Rights

Tue Sep 18 2018

Facts about Human Trafficking in commemoration of World Day Against Human Trafficking, July 30, 2023

There were an estimated 27.6 million victims of

Wed Jul 25 2018

American 12-Year-Olds Can’t Buy Cigarettes. Why Can They Work in Tobacco Fields?

[This op-ed appeared in The Guardian on June 28, 2018. You may view it there by clicking here.]

Wed Jul 11 2018

How many child workers die in the work place in the US each year?

In 2015 and 2016 we averaged 27 teen work deaths a year compared to 72.5 deaths in 1999 and 2000.

Mon May 7 2018

127 Groups Ask EPA Not to Reverse Ban on Pesticide Application by Children

Dear Administrator Pruitt: The undersigned organizations write to oppose any changes by the

Tue Apr 3 2018

A Toxic Decision — How Protecting Child Farmworkers May Be Pushed Aside by the EPA

By Len Morris America’s fields, orchards and farms are toxic places for children; and things

Wed Feb 28 2018

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