The industrial revolution produces important changes in the lives of millions of people. Many began to work in factories and many of them were children. In the early English factories that children were under seven years old, it forced them to work between twelve and fifteen hours every day of the week. They were not fed properly, were in an environment full of danger and dirt, could not go to school or play because they spent long hours working.
What were the conditions of the children like?
Work in the factories was a "refuge" for families who had no choice but to not have to suffer hunger or death. Parents trusted their children's income and saw the factory as an opportunity to survive. The work consisted of repetitive manual tasks. The children worked in factories that were unhealthy and were exposed to toxic and regular chemicals. Children working in manufacturing factories came in contact with high levels of phosphorus, which caused their teeth to rot. Some children died from the excessive inhalation of phosphorus vapors that shed these factories. In cotton factories, children generally handled dangerous machinery, causing them to be seriously injured and injured. Others fell into the machines asleep to work for an excessive amount of time were crushed by dangerous machines with which they worked. Children working in coal mines often died from explosions and injuries.
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