The Bitter Taste in That Chocolate A disturbing story (launching another three-part series) in the Philadelphia Inquirer exposing the African slave labor that goes into the production of much of the world's chocolate. The West African country of Ivory Coast produces 43 percent of the world's cocoa beans -- the raw material in chocolate -- and many of the farms there rely on slavery, the story says. The size of the problem is unknown, but U.S. officials estimate 15,000 children between 9 and 12 have been sold into slavery in the country in recent years. http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/06/24/front_page/SLAVERY24.htm
