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Surgical instruments ‘not fairly traded’

Sweatshop conditions of Pakistani factories have led to unease over medical goods.

The trade in high-quality surgical instruments may be exploiting workers in the developing world, says a new report. Children as young as seven are working to make scalpels, scissors and other items, in sometimes unhealthy and dangerous conditions.

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