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Not Sexy: Victoria’s Secret 'Fair-Trade' Cotton Harvested by Child Slaves

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 21, 2011.

A new report finds evidence of forced child labor in Burkina Faso.

Is the U.S. Cotton Industry in Danger of Collapse?

Jason Mark, Grist.org. November 29, 2006.

Facing growing competition from cotton growers overseas, the American cotton industry is shrinking but still using inefficient and ecologically unsustainable techniques for harvest and distribution.

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