Modern Day Slavery A Problem That Can t Be Ignored

Modern-day slavery: A problem that can’t be ignored. Child slavery ages starts at the age of four years old boys and girls. Most kids are released around the age of sixteen years old but don t know where their parents are. The kids suffer from starvation at the camps they’re housed in. They also have to get up as early as five o’clock in the morning to start their day. One of the dominant issues containing child slavery is poverty. Several parents sell their children because of their financial problems in the household. Although some parents are convinced by contractors that their children are being presented with better opportunities, that is not always the situation. Child slavery can have different negative developmental†¦show more content†¦The authors also states that children often receive no safety training or protective gear, which results in injury and sickness, including musculoskeletal disorders, sprains, strains, lacerations, fractures, e ye injuries, rashes, and coughing (Mull and Kirkhorn). For children working in the gold mining industry in Western Africa, they are among the worst forms of child labor because of the long-term health consequences from constant exposure to dust, toxic chemicals, and heavy manual labor. A PBS news article states, â€Å" The list of documented ills for child labor in Western Africa includes permanent lung damage caused by inhaling pulverized minerals, muscular and skeletal injuries, hearing loss, accidental blinding, and mercury poisoning with its attendant neurological damage (PBS News). In western Africa while the children are at their work base there’s a possibility of catching permanent lung cancer from inhaling in pulverized minerals. Children health can’t be ignored any longer than it already has been. The next major problem is the physical and psychological effects the children have. Physical injuries and mutilations are caused by badly maintained machinery on farms and in factories, machete accidents in pla ntations, and any number of hazards encountered in industries such as mining, ceramics, fireworks and manufactures. Child slavery they all generally accept that the work for children might harm them in some way and