Photo Essay: The Price of Cement

From ONE Thu Oct 30 2014, 13:00:12

In Mozambique, earning money to survive can come with a cost. Men and children collect cement that has spilled off of trucks to make money by reselling it at street markets. As they do this, they are increasing their chances of developing an incurable lung disease, called silicosis - all to earn less than a dollar a...

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