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<br>Feronia, which controls DR [Congo's palm-oil](https://swyde.com/s/Where_Can_I_Buy_Erectile_Dysfunction_Pills) sector, had actually failed to offer workers sufficient protective equipment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated.<br>[onlineedshop.com](http://onlineedshop.com/?wm=2309&tr=23058) |
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<br>It said Feronia had invested greatly in protective devices and all employees were required to wear it.<br> |
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<br>Feronia, a Canadian-based firm, said it was dedicated to operating to global standards.<br> |
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<br>Feronia and its local subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), use [countless workers](https://socialeconomy4ces-wiki.auth.gr/index.php?title=User_talk:StaciChristmas7) at palm oil plantations in DR Congo.<br> |
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<br>"These banks can play an essential role promoting advancement, but they are sabotaging their mission by failing to ensure the company they fund respects the rights of its employees and neighborhoods on the plantations," HRW scientist Luciana Téllez-Chávez said.<br> |
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<br>What is HRW's evidence?<br> |
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<br>In a report entitled A Poisonous Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, external, HRW stated it had spoken with more than 40 employees and two-thirds of them "informed us that they had become impotent since they started the job".<br> |
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<br>Impotence - in addition to shortness of breath, headaches, and weight loss that the employees complained about - were illness "consistent with exposure to pesticides in basic, as explained in clinical literature", HRW said.<br> |
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<br>"Many [also] experienced skin inflammation, itching, blisters, eye problems, or blurred vision - all symptoms that follow what clinical texts and the items' labels refer to as health consequences of exposure to these pesticides," the rights group included.<br> |
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<br>Ms Téllez-Chávez said workers who had been talked to had overalls - not the waterproof overalls.<br> |
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<br>"If pesticides unintentionally spilled, the toxic liquid would likely touch their skin," she added.<br> |
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<br>What else does HRW state?<br> |
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<br>"Residents of a village of several hundred individuals downstream told us the river was their only source of drinking water," Ms Téllez-Chávez said.<br> |
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<br>The rights group also implicated Feronia of paying "extreme hardship" wages, stating females were the lowest-paid, with some earning as low as $7.30 a month gathering fruit.<br> |
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<br>HRW said the development banks must make sure the businesses they purchase pay living incomes to their employees.<br> |
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<br>What is the UK advancement bank's response?<br> |
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<br>In a statement, CDC stated: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is an organic mix of natural waste oils and fats and has been discharged into rivers since the plantation entered into being in 1911 and does not threaten human health.<br> |
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<br>"It is the objective of the company to build treatment plants for POME, but is sadly not in a monetary position to do so currently as it continues to make heavy losses.<br> |
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<br>The business stated working conditions had improved significantly considering that the participation of the European banks in 2013.<br> |
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<br>Employees were now paid substantially more than the base pay for agriculture in DR Congo and the average employee made $3.30 each day - greater than what a regional teacher would earn, it said.<br> |
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<br>It also verified that it had invested significantly in access to safe drinking water.<br> |
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