The Salt Lake Tribune has released a disturbing report on labor conditions in Chinese factories.  Author Loretta Tofani spent a year researching firsthand the hazardous and unsafe conditions that factory workers in China face.

While China has, on face value, agreed to adhere to workplace safety codes, in practice this rarely happens.  As Tafani notes in her report, “Economic growth has been a more important goal to China than worker safety.”

Lack of health and environmental standards are two of the reasons why China is able to produce goods so cheaply.  The real cost, unfortunately, comes in the broken lives of its workers.
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