With Christmas around the corner, hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone talk about slave and exploitive labor in the supply chain for children's toys, and how to research for toys with clear supply chains. JJ gives a few recommendations and explains how to search on EthicalConsumer.org.
Sources:
http://cutv.ws/documentary/watch-online/play/10486/Santa-s-Workshop
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/toys-from-abusive-chinese_b_6367122.html
https://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/researchdigest/slavery/china.pdf
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-33472971/inside-a-chinese-ketamine-village
https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400461
http://www.pbs.org/pov/lasttrainhome/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/04/the-grim-truth-of-chinese-factories-producing-the-wests-christmas-toys
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2014_11_17/2014.11.18%20Toy%20Factories%20Report_EN--FINAL.pdfhttp://www.ethicalconsumer.org/buyersguides/babychild/toyretailers.aspx
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
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