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Ugandan salt miners risk their health for meagre pay at Lake Katwe



Thousands of informal salt miners in western Uganda are struggling to make ends meet. They work in salty water for long periods, …

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  1. Hopefully, this dispels the myth among some circles that there's 'poverty in Africa' because people don't work hard enough. These folks are working in hazardous working conditions for near-slave wages. As reported, the effects of climatic disintegration pile on the already deplorable conditions. Through all this, the responsible authorities don't even have the nerve to give the laborers PPEs, at the very least.

  2. Not only skn problems and sever dehydration, this method of salt harvesting causes typhoid, cholera, miscarrages and infertility. Imagine the chronic back pain from laboring for hours. Salt is also a laxative so I would assume maintaining proper nutrients would be extremely difficult.

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