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<br>Workers exposed to pesticides at a UK-funded firm in the Democratic Republic of Congo have suffered ending up being impotent, a rights group has actually said.<br>
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<br>The UK government's development bank, CDC, owns 38% of Feronia in DR Congo.<br>
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<br>Feronia and its local subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), employ thousands of workers at palm oil [plantations](http://gocamp.deb.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=1660380) in DR Congo.<br>
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<br>"These banks can play a crucial function promoting development, but they are undermining their mission by failing to guarantee the company they finance appreciates the rights of its workers and communities on the plantations," HRW researcher Luciana Téllez-Chávez stated.<br>
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<br>In a [report entitled](http://gmsf.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=327950) A Hazardous Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, external, HRW said it had talked to more than 40 workers and two-thirds of them "told us that they had ended up being impotent since they began the task".<br>
<br>Impotence - along with shortness of breath, headaches, and weight-loss that the workers complained about - were health problems "consistent with exposure to pesticides in basic, as described in clinical literature", HRW stated.<br>
<br>"Many [likewise] suffered from skin irritation, irritation, blisters, eye issues, or blurred vision - all symptoms that are constant with what clinical texts and the products' labels describe as health consequences of exposure to these pesticides," the rights group included.<br>
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<br>"If pesticides mistakenly spilled, the poisonous liquid would likely touch their skin," she included.<br>
<br>What else does HRW state?<br>
<br>At the Yaligimba plantation, the business discarded the waste from its palm oil mill beside employees' homes.<br>
<br>The effluents formed a "foul-smelling stream", and ultimately streamed into a natural pond where women and kids shower and clean cooking utensils.<br>
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<br>In a declaration, CDC stated: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is an organic mix of natural waste oils and fats and has actually been discharged into rivers given that the plantation entered remaining in 1911 and does not threaten human health.<br>
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<br>What does Feronia state?<br>
<br>The business said working conditions had improved considerably given that the involvement of the European banks in 2013.<br>
<br>Employees were now paid significantly more than the minimum wage for farming in DR Congo and the average worker made $3.30 each day - higher than what a local instructor would make, it stated.<br>
<br>It likewise validated that it had invested substantially in access to safe drinking water.<br>
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