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 <br>DR Congo workers for Feronia made impotent by pesticides - HRW<br>
 <br>25 November 2019<br>
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 <br>The UK government's development bank, CDC, owns 38% of Feronia in DR Congo.<br>
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 <br>PHC has received millions of dollars from the advancement banks of Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.<br>
 <br>"These banks can play an essential function promoting development, however they are undermining their mission by stopping working to ensure the company they finance respects the rights of its employees and neighborhoods on the plantations," HRW scientist [Luciana Téllez-Chávez](http://www.saerimtech.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=1097918) stated.<br>
 <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 stated it had actually talked to more than 40 employees and two-thirds of them "informed us that they had ended up being impotent considering that they began the task".<br>
 <br>Impotence - along with shortness of breath, headaches, and weight reduction that the employees grumbled about - were illness "constant with exposure to pesticides in basic, as explained in scientific literature", [HRW stated](https://www.shco2.kr/free/34).<br>
 <br>"Many [also] experienced skin irritation, itchiness, blisters, eye issues, or blurred vision - all symptoms that are constant with what clinical texts and the items' labels describe as health repercussions of direct exposure to these pesticides," the rights group added.<br>
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 <br>In a statement, CDC said: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a natural mix of natural waste oils and fats and has actually been discharged into rivers since the plantation came into remaining in 1911 and does not threaten human health.<br>
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 <br>"It is the aim of the company to develop treatment plants for POME, but is sadly not in a monetary position to do so currently as it continues to make heavy losses.<br>
 <br>"In addition, the business has refurbished or dug 72 brand-new boreholes for the provision of tidy water in the last 6 years."<br>
 <br>What does Feronia say?<br>
 <br>The company said working conditions had actually improved considerably because the participation of the European banks in 2013.<br>
 <br>Employees were now paid considerably more than the minimum wage for agriculture in DR Congo and the average worker earned $3.30 daily - greater than what a local teacher would make, it stated.<br>
 <br>It likewise confirmed that it had invested substantially in access to safe drinking water.<br>
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