26) While tobacco made its way to the European and Asian continents in the 16th century, the best tobacco was thought to come from upper South American, Central American, Caribbean and lower North American areas
The 2001 amendment to the Childrens Act prohibits children under 18 from performing any work, involving contact with any hazardous substance, article or process,[57] and the Environmental Management Act of 2002 defines a hazardous substance as any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, or any organism which is injurious to human health or the environment.[58] Statutory Instrument 12 of 2007 outlines the Environmental Management Acts regulations and specifically includes pesticides among the substances considered hazardous.[59] In its response to Human Rights Watch, the government confirmed that the use of chemicals would be considered hazardous work for children.[60] Mercy, a 12-year-old child tobacco worker in Mashonaland Central, described how she applied pesticides to the small-scale farms where she worked: We take the chemical and put it in the water
At 16mg and above the strength is too high for someone with no tolerance
South African fund managers exposure comes to about $2.014-billion or R29.3-billion at a rand rate of R14.56/US$, says Mnguni
A "small farm" is one which did not employ more than 500 man-days of agricultural labor (or about 7 workers) during any calendar quarter of the preceding year
