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“I have seen people broken by their work in their fifties, and others in their thirties. Still, other have lost their minds. That is the worst case, because then they are no longer real men and cannot care for their families. Where is the family going to get money that they need to live?”
There’s Little Medical Attention
On top of the grueling and deadly conditions that the workers are faced with, there’s also very little medical help in the area.
According to Africa Lens, if there is a medical emergency, workers have to travel for dozens of kilometers in order to find medical attention. Furthermore, even if they do make it to the hospital in time, there’s never a quick or easy way to remedy their ailments.
Protection From The Salt
Terribly, there are only two forms of protection that the workers can utilize in order to prevent the salt from severely harming them. The first one the miners use is a local leaf-based medicine that they can apply to their wounds.
The second is that they take a mud bath after a long day of work. They then scrub away all of the mud and leftover salt with fresh water. Unfortunately, these only mildly help.
Their Skin Isn’t The Only Thing They Have To Worry About
Although the salt on their skin can cause serious ailments, the workers are also very concerned about getting the saltwater into their bodies. So, in order to prevent this, one of the methods that they use is making makeshift plugs from lumps of earth wrapped in plastic bags.
