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DR Congo workers for Feronia made impotent by pesticides - HRW
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25 November 2019
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The UK federal [government's development](https://www.speedrunwiki.com/User:Marquis2865) bank, CDC, owns 38% of Feronia in DR Congo.
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Feronia, a Canadian-based company, stated it was devoted to running to international requirements.
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The firm added that it had invested $360,000 (₤ 280,000) on personal protective equipment in the last 3 years, which workers had actually been trained to use, and it had actually implemented a policy needing the devices to be used in the workplace.
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Feronia and its local subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), employ thousands of workers at palm oil plantations in DR Congo.
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"These banks can play a crucial role promoting development, but they are undermining their mission by failing to make sure the company they fund appreciates the rights of its workers and communities on the plantations," [HRW scientist](http://sejongsi.com/free/59761) Luciana Téllez-Chávez stated.
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What is HRW's evidence?
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Impotence - together with shortness of breath, headaches, and weight loss that the employees grumbled about - were health issues "constant with exposure to pesticides in general, as described in clinical literature", HRW said.
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"Many [also] struggled with skin irritation, irritation, blisters, eye issues, or blurred vision - all symptoms that follow what clinical texts and the products' labels refer to as health repercussions of exposure to these pesticides," the rights group included.
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"If pesticides unintentionally spilled, the poisonous liquid would likely touch their skin," she added.
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What else does HRW state?
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At the Yaligimba plantation, the business discarded the waste from its palm oil mill next to employees' homes.
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The effluents formed a "foul-smelling stream", and ultimately flowed into a natural pond where women and kids shower and clean cooking utensils.
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"Residents of a town of several hundred individuals downstream told us the river was their only source of drinking water," Ms Téllez-Chávez stated.
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In a statement, CDC stated: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is an organic mix of natural waste oils and fats and has actually been discharged into rivers because the plantation came into remaining in 1911 and does not threaten human health.
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"It is the objective of the company to construct treatment plants for POME, but is regrettably not in a monetary position to do so currently as it continues to make heavy losses.
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"In addition, the company has actually reconditioned or dug 72 new boreholes for the provision of tidy water in the last 6 years."
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What does Feronia state?
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The company said working conditions had actually improved substantially given that the involvement of the European banks in 2013.
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Employees were now paid substantially more than the minimum wage for agriculture in DR Congo and the typical worker made $3.30 each day - higher than what a local teacher would make, it said.
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It likewise confirmed that it had actually invested substantially in access to safe drinking water.
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