Farms: Unbelievable: Children Can Legally Work On Tobacco Farms In The U.S
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Subscribe to Upworthy: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=upworthy Children working on tobacco farms in the United States are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, and other dangers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While US law prohibits the sale of tobacco products to children, children can legally work on tobacco farms in the US. The world's largest tobacco companies buy tobacco grown on US farms, but none have child labor policies that sufficiently protect children from hazardous work. Children reported vomiting, nausea, headaches, and dizziness while working on tobacco farms, all symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. Many also said they worked long hours without overtime pay, often in extreme heat without shade or sufficient breaks, and wore no, or inadequate, protective gear Did that make you think? Us, too. That's why we think you should check out our partner Human Rights Watch at the links below. Subscribe to Human Rights Watch: http://youtube.com/HumanRightsWatch Like Human Rights Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanRightsWatch Follow Human Rights Watch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hrw Visit Human Rights Watch's website: http://www.hrw.org/ About Upworthy At best, things online are usually either awesome or meaningful, but everything on Upworthy has a little of both. Sensational and substantial. Entertaining and enlightening. Shocking and significant. Here's where we live: Visit our website: http://upworthy.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=upworthy Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/upworthy Sign up for our daily email: http://upworthy.com/subscribe Follow us on Tumblr: http://upworthy.tumblr.com Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/upworthy
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I worked the tobacco fields for years growing up. It gave me money to buy school clothes and I paid for my dog to get medical care.
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What's more abusive? A kid who knows the value of hard work, or kids these days who are overweight?
I worked tobacco through middle and high school. That was my job, and I loved it. (also threw hay, and numerous other farm jobs) sure beat the hell out of workin in McDonald's. plus being in good with the farmers around my town gave me connections that others didn't have. (if you're from a small town you'll understand).
I'm glad I was born into a family that wouldn't let me eat McDonalds every day and play video games. You may look at us like we're being abused, but we look at you like you're lazy, fat Americans who are 100x's more unhealthy than we are. So in turn I guess we're the ones who feel sorry for you. -
uh i grew up on a farm and had to work like that I'm fine. You shouldn't take sweaty hard work from kids because well people like you guys that are causing kids to be fat.
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But y .... why do thes kids have ro do anything but go to school
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If tobacco farming is the only work for your children THEN DONT HAVE ANY.
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This is straight-up FUCKING DISGUSTING!!! CHILD LABOUR?! REALLY?! LEGAL ADULTS in SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND GAS MASKS should be doing this shit. This is FUCKED UP. My step-grandfather used to smoke in relation to PTSD after he was in the Korean War. When my stepsisters showed him this, he quit. Most FUCKED-UP shit ever.
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I don't entirely understand why, in the U.S., we are hiring minors to do this work. This should be for 18+ aged workers who wear special suits and gas masks so that they aren't exposed as such.
Still smoking my Black and Milds though. -
I worked on tobacco farms as soon as I turned 14. We had a ball, I am 67 years old now but still fondly look back at those days. I had nicotine poisoning the first year and the worse tobacco rash my doctor ever saw. I was out of work for a couple of weeks and couldn't wait to get back to work, like many illnesses kids got back then I pretty much was immune to it after that. The only rash I ever got was a few small areas on occasion on my wrists when I was sewing it. I have always been a good worker and I believe the hard work on the tobacco farm back then helped me to learn that responsibility. I think many agencies go overboard, they cry that there are no jobs for teens and cry about the kind of work that is available. Like many of the kids on this video, we had kids that complained and cried because they were just plain too lazy and thought they were too good to get their hands dirty.
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DANG. They made her pay for those bags though... But in all seriousness, this is ridiculous.
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Get another job thats less dangerous maybe? from what i can see they are not being held there against their will.. learn some english and get outta dodge and make some money.
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It's mildly concerning but pales into insignificance when compared to the 20% of children in the U.S. on a schedule 2, highly addictive and socially disabling drug like "Ritalin", purely because they have shit parents who would rather pathologise their kids than face the fact they are too self-absorbed to parent.
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Cigarettes should be cheaper
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It seems that tobacco hurts people in every phase of its production and consumption.
Is there an active campaign to end this grim practice? -
SHOCKING!!!!
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