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Published online 28 July 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060724-13
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Surgical instruments 'not fairly traded'
Sweatshop conditions of Pakistani factories have led to unease over medical goods.
The trade in high-quality surgical instruments may be exploiting workers in the developing world, says a new report. Children as young as seven are working to make scalpels, scissors and other items, in sometimes unhealthy and dangerous conditions.
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