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 <br>DR Congo workers for Feronia made impotent by pesticides - HRW<br>
 <br>25 November 2019<br>
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 <br>Feronia, which dominates DR Congo's palm-oil sector, had actually failed to give workers sufficient protective equipment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.<br>
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 <br>In a report entitled A Hazardous Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, external, HRW stated it had talked to more than 40 employees and two-thirds of them "told us that they had ended up being impotent considering that they began the task".<br>
 <br>Impotence - along with shortness of breath, headaches, and weight reduction that the workers grumbled about - were health issue "consistent with exposure to pesticides in basic, as explained in clinical literature", HRW said.<br>
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 <br>In a declaration, CDC said: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is an organic mix of natural waste oils and fats and has actually been released into rivers since the plantation came into remaining in 1911 and does not threaten human health.<br>
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 <br>"It is the goal of the business 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 said working conditions had improved considerably considering that the involvement of the European banks in 2013.<br>
 <br>Employees were now paid substantially more than the minimum wage for agriculture in DR Congo and the typical employee made $3.30 per day - greater than what a regional teacher would earn, it said.<br>
 <br>It likewise validated that it had invested considerably in access to safe drinking water.<br>
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