$100-Billion Chocolate Industry Still Plagued by Child Labor
- 45% of children from farming homes were working in cocoa: NORC
- Biggest growers have come under pressure to tackle the issue
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A decade after the $100 billion chocolate industry pledged to cut child labor in the world’s top cocoa producers, a report sponsored by the U.S. government shows the problem has actually gotten worse.