World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana

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Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigation

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Children in Ghana, some as young as 5, are working cocoa fields and wielding machetes instead of attending school.

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Does it affect the kids?

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