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<br>The company added that it had actually invested $360,000 (₤ 280,000) on individual protective equipment in the last 3 years, which employees had actually been trained to use, and it had actually executed a policy requiring the devices to be worn in the work environment.<br>
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<br>Feronia and its regional subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), utilize countless workers at palm oil plantations in DR Congo.<br>
<br>PHC has actually gotten millions of dollars from the advancement banks of Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.<br>
<br>"These banks can play a crucial function promoting development, however they are undermining their mission by failing to make sure the company they fund respects the rights of its workers and neighborhoods on the plantations," HRW scientist Luciana Téllez-Chávez stated.<br>[yagara-stock.com](http://yagara-stock.com/?wm=2309&tr=8035)
<br>What is HRW's evidence?<br>
<br>In a report entitled A Harmful Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, external, HRW said it had actually spoken with more than 40 workers and two-thirds of them "informed us that they had actually ended up being impotent since they began the job".<br>
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<br>"Many [likewise] struggled with skin inflammation, irritation, blisters, eye issues, or blurred vision - all signs that are constant with what clinical texts and the items' labels refer to as health repercussions of direct exposure to these pesticides," the rights group added.<br>
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<br>"Residents of a town of a number of hundred people downstream informed us the river was their only source of drinking water," Ms Téllez-Chávez stated.<br>
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<br>HRW stated the development banks should ensure the companies they purchase pay living incomes to their employees.<br>
<br>What is the UK advancement bank's reaction?<br>
<br>In a statement, CDC stated: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a natural mix of natural waste oils and fats and has been discharged into rivers considering that the plantation entered remaining in 1911 and does not threaten human health.<br>
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<br>"It is the aim of the business to develop treatment plants for POME, however is regrettably not in a financial position to do so currently as it continues to make heavy losses.<br>
<br>"In addition, the company has actually refurbished or dug 72 new boreholes for the provision of tidy water in the last 6 years."<br>
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