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The Guardian / By Gethin Chamberlain

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Let's Face It, Most of Us Love Cheap Clothes -- and Don't Think Much About Whether Child Slave Labor Made It So Cheap

Despite a series of revelations about the brutal conditions in garment factories, companies, western consumers and India are still complicit in turning a blind eye.

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And here's the best part: I think they would sell more. I think consumers would be happier and workers would be happier. And if I can spend less time trawling through fetid backstreets looking for the truth, I'll be happier.

*Currency figures were originally denominated in British Pounds and converted for this version of the article at current exchange rate levels for the US $.

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