Oxfam and FLOC conducted a joint study of the tobacco industry’s impact on the human rights of farmworkers in the fields of North Carolina. One in four—22 out of the 86 workers interviewed—reported ...

The project brings together researchers from diverse fields including medicine ... (pungent irritants)" and to "sterilize" tobacco. In reality, their curing of tobacco did not differ from methods ...

"I had placed 300 tiers of my harvested tobacco in the barn, hoping to yield three bales after completing the seven-day curing process," he explained. We conduct barn checks every two hours at ...