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in a lot of cases. in fact, there are fewer restrictions on this, this issue of minors working in the fields, than there are on minors working in restaurants, at retail. why is that? the children i interviewed are too young to go into a store and buy a pack of cigarettes, but antiquated labor laws that date back to a different era in u.s. agriculture allow 12-year-olds and sometimes younger kids to legally work on tobacco farms in this country. and this is mostly in kentuc kentucky, in tennessee, in virginia. those states comprise 90% of the tobacco growth in this country. what kinds of conditions are these kids facing? kids are getting sick. kids are getting hurt working on tobacco farms here in the united states. nearly three-quarters of the children we interviewed reported nausea, vomiting, headaches, skin rashes, burning eyes, a whole range of symptoms from worki ining in tobacco fields. half of them reported seeing tractors come through spraying pesticides. they re being poi

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