The Human Toll of Everyday Commodities

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The True Price, With a Hidden Cost

Sugar with your coffee? An international photography project examines how some everyday items exact an unseen toll half a world away.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/the-true-price-with-a-hidden-cost/

The next time you dip your spoon into the sugar bowl or grab a few free packets for your morning coffee, think about this: Untold numbers of people had to cross borders illegally, live in squalid conditions, and endure back-breaking and dangerous work for slave wages for your convenience.