Behind the glitz and glamour of Cambodia’s recent construction boom is an army of under-aged, under-paid workers…The surge in demand for cheap labor has prompted thousands of children, some as young as six, to abandon their schooling and accept hazardous work in factories or on construction sites. A new research study...by local rights NGO Licadho and World Vision draws attention to the gross child rights violations that underpin Cambodia’s latest burst of economic development…Conditions in the brick factories meet the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) criteria for the “worst forms of child labor,” the report claims. Factory work hinders education opportunities …and carries health risks ranging from third degree burns from the kilns to respiratory problems from brick dust.