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http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article4861746.ab

Apparently a lot of chocolate that we eat here in Sweden comes from plantations where children are working under coercion amongst dangerous chemicals. Wtf?

(Translation made by Google Translate):

Chocolate in your Easter eggs may come from cultures where children are working under duress from dangerous chemicals. The Swedish chocolate giants have known problems for years, but can not guarantee good conditions.

In a new report from the organization Swedwatch as Svenska Dagbladet has taken note of the disclosed chocolate dark secret.
The case of cocoa used by Cloetta and Fazer, Kraft Foods and Nestlé brands Dumle, Kexchoklad, Daim and Marabou. According to the companies themselves, the majority of cocoa from Ivory Coast and Ghana. The conditions for cocoa workers is very poor, a study which Swedwatch did three years ago and which the organization is now followed up.

"Do not check"
According to Kristina Bjurling, Acting Permanent Secretary at Swedwatch, will be harmful child labor and dangerous pesticides remain. - The big Swedish players who sell the most cocoa in Sweden still have not seen to have control over the crops they buy their raw materials came from, she said to SvD.