Add Upworthy to your Google News feed.Heroes The Unbelievable Loophole In U.S. Child Labor Law Kids helping out on the family farm? Totally fine. Kids being forced to miss school to work 12-hour shifts while facing exposure to extreme heat and pesticide poisoning? Not so much.Mansur Gidfar03.12.13TrueWorkonomicsHeroesMore
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