The US children picking tobacco for a few dollars an hour
1,850 views · Published 14 May 2014 · 2:45 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: ITV News · 2014 · News & Politics
In the pre-summer heat of the American South, the tobacco fields are now being planted by children earning under £5 an hour. And remarkable as it may sound, across this region of the United States, teenagers are getting ready for the humid, toxic, nicotine-saturated, pesticide-intensive work that awaits. Read more: http://itv.co/1lAj3eN
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