https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i By: Sydney and Charles en-us 2018-04-09 14:16:16 UTC 2018-04-12 14:29:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 30092421 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/249817028 Over one million children are involved in mining]]> 2018-04-09 14:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/249817028 30092421 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/249821618 Mining is considered a form of hazardous labor unfit for children under any circumstances, including poverty. ]]> 2018-04-09 14:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/249821618 30092421 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/249832612 mining is the extraction of minerals and metals from earth. miming can also consist of child labor or slavery.]]> 2018-04-09 14:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/249832612 30092421 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250278815 child labor, mining is dangerous.
this is dangerous because Floods can compromise the stability of pit walls, bringing about a collapse that kills miners and wrecks equipment. A methane gas buildup can lead to an explosion in a coal mine.]]> 2018-04-10 14:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250278815 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250284025 Around the world, children, ages 5-17, work in the mines for as little as $2 per day. Because of the relatively small number of child miners (one million), compared to child laborers in agriculture (over 100 million), child mining has not received the attention it deserves. Additionally, mining often takes place in temporary, remote, small-scale locations making it difficult to regulate and monitor.]]> 2018-04-10 14:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250284025 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250291779 Work for child miners includes digging shafts, crushing rocks, and carrying ore in gold mines and digging, scraping and lifting in salt mines and carrying and crushing large stones in quarries.

]]> 2018-04-10 14:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250291779 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250292442 Children can often be found working in mines in Asia, Africa, and Latin america and parts of Europe. ]]> 2018-04-10 14:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250292442 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250296800 Western countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom are top destinations for products of child mining. Consumers often buy diamonds, gold and precious gems from retailers with disregard to the origin of their jewelry and the human toll that helped produce it.

]]> 2018-04-10 14:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250296800 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250297629 Mining is considered a form of hazardous labor unfit for children under any circumstances, including poverty. Mining can lead to serious injuries; health consequences and an unknown number of children lose their lives while mining every year.

]]> 2018-04-10 14:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250297629 https://padlet.com/30092421/skjhinxvei7i/wish/250300504 Because of the relatively small number of child miners (one million), compared to child laborers in agriculture (over 100 million), child mining has not received the attention it deserves. Additionally, mining often takes place in temporary, remote, small-scale locations making it difficult to regulate and monitor.

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