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While diamonds carry an aura of romance to most, there are a growing number of people who have objections to the economic, environmental, humanitarian and political consequences of modern diamond trade.

I will not go into specific issues here. In fact, I wish I didn't know about them at all.

However, if you are interested in learning more, try starting with a few internet searches that pulled up interesting articles in Jan '07. I've suggested a few topics because information about the movie "Blood Diamonds" dominated normal search results. Feel free to also read about the multi-million smear campaign against the movie.

Environmental:
"Nishnawbe Aski Nation Canadian Diamonds"
"environmental impact sierra leone diamond mining"

Economic:
"Atlantic Monthly: Have you ever tried to sell a diamond"
"resource curse"

Humanitarian:
"Zimbabwe diamonds Marange" (new in '09)
"diamond hunters brutal wars"
"Sierra Leone amputee football"
"small hands of slavery" child labor in India

Political:
"Ian Smillie quits Kimberley Process" (new in '09)
"Botswana diamond dependency"
"De Beers price fixing"
"Glitter and Greed" - a book by Janine Roberts

-Jan 2007

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