A new report released today by the Environmental Justice Foundation exposes how cotton production in…Uzbekistan remains one of the most exploitative enterprises in the world. “Slave Nation” reveals how the Government of Uzbekistan continues to lie to the international community while routinely compelling hundreds of thousands of children as labourers in the country’s annual cotton harvest…Facts from the report: Children as young as 10 years old can be dispatched to the cotton fields for two months each year…Living conditions are often squalid…Children can be left in poor physical condition following the harvest; illnesses including hepatitis, injuries and even deaths are all reported…Since 2007 international retail names including Tesco, Asda-WalMart, and C & A have…rejected Uzbek cotton from their supply chains.