Another reason to hate Valentine's Day.

[baldguy]

"A coalition of human rights and development groups, led by California-based Global Exchange, is meeting Friday with executives at the headquarters of M&M/Mars at the company's headquarters near Washington, D.C. to ask them to start selling Fair Trade-certified chocolate--so that West African cocoa farmers won't need to use abusive child labor to make an adequate living."

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"The two groups have targeted the gold jewelry market, because gold mining is one of the most environmentally destructive industries operating anywhere in the world. The campaign features distribution in front of jewelry and watch stores--including high-priced boutiques along mid-town Manhattan's Fifth Avenue--of Valentine's cards bearing the message, 'Don't tarnish your love with dirty gold.'"

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