All is not shiny in the gold industry, as environmental issues, mine-related health hazards and child labor concerns pose real problems.
Child labor is against the law in most countries. However, laws are hard to enforce in remote areas where parents send their children into the mines to feed their families.
Daily risking serious injury and death, as well as long-term health consequences caused by hard labor and exposure to toxic chemicals, children forego their studies and wager their lives for a few dollars or cents a day. Click on the map below to learn more.
Sources: Pulitzer Center / roros