Table 1.

Examples of chemicals in different industries.

Types of Chemicals	Examples of Chemicals Commonly Used by Child Labourers	Types of Industries Using These Chemicals	Specific Tasks Conducted by Child Labourers
Pesticides	Organochlorides e.g., dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and chlorinated alicyclics Organophosphates e.g., chlorpyrifos, parathion Carbamate insecticides e.g., aldicarb, carbofuran	Agriculture, plantations, other rural sectors	Handling, mixing, spraying pesticides
Heavy metals	Lead, mercury, chromium, cadmium	Mining and quarrying, construction, service sector and street work, manufacturing, textiles, leather, footwear	Mining tasks (e.g., crushing and amalgamating, sieving, washing, and sorting), vehicle repair, trash recycling, shoe-shining, making textiles, tanning leather, ceramics
Solvents	Isopropanol, benzene, toluene, xylene, and solvent mixtures, such as white spirits.	Food and drink, construction, printing, plastics, rubber, textiles, leather, footwear, manufacturing, dry cleaning	Making textiles, tanning leather, painting, printing, plastic product works, pressing clothes, cleaning
POPs *	DDT, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)	Agriculture, vehicle repair, plastics, construction, electronics	Pesticide use, painting, rubbish recycling, waste incineration

* Persistent organic pollutant (POP).