Thanks to my lovely pal Janet Lees for sending me an excerpt from Channel 4's excellent documentary on Dispatches - 'The Real Price of Gold'.
Airing yesterday evening, it highlighted the truly shocking conditions in which workers - many of them children - toil to produce gold in some of the world's smaller mining businesses. It also draws attention to the environmental impact open-cast mining can have, and the health problems that arise for the local communities and, of course, the workforces.
Airing yesterday evening, it highlighted the truly shocking conditions in which workers - many of them children - toil to produce gold in some of the world's smaller mining businesses. It also draws attention to the environmental impact open-cast mining can have, and the health problems that arise for the local communities and, of course, the workforces.
If you're a consumer who buys jewellery, you can do much to help prevent these problems and improve conditions for the workers, by asking questions and ensuring the provenance of any jewellery or other gold items you buy.
After all, what more romantic gesture than to ensure that the ring you buy your loved-one - a symbol of your hopes for the future - is sourced in a way that doesn't damage the planet, or the people who live on it? check it out....
After all, what more romantic gesture than to ensure that the ring you buy your loved-one - a symbol of your hopes for the future - is sourced in a way that doesn't damage the planet, or the people who live on it? check it out....
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