Effects of globalization and the struggle to choose between livelihood and health

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/02/28/PM200702288.html

Click above for a story from "marketplace" on NPR. It is in audio or text format and includes pictures. In case you don't get a chance to read it, here is just one particularly sad quote-

"On cool mornings, exhaust from the plant sits here like fog — full ofsulfuric acid, arsenic, cadmium and lead. It burns holes in the shacks'steel roofs. Studies show that nearly every child under the age of 6 hereis technically poisoned."

I [Melissa] just went on a maquiladora tour on Saturday and at the end of the tour we spoke with some former maquilas who currently have suits against theirfactory. Although the above story is from Peru, as you know, the same experiences are happening right in our backyard and all over the world!

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