The real price of GOLD

5.4 million people have died mining gold since 1998. The killers own the gold mines of the Congo. Workers can spend up to six days underground at a time collecting the gold rocks. They are being poisoned by mercury as they process the gold. That gold is sold in western shops as jewellery. In refugee camps eight out of ten women have been raped. For every one killed in combat about 70 others die from preventable diseases because of it. One of the richest countries in the world for resources, but the Congo is cursed by its lust for gold. *
Here is some jewellery that will bring fair trade to those who need it…
http://www.globalconduct.com.au/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=56
*Source 60 Minutes, Channel 9, 13/09/09