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Centuries of child labor left lasting spinal damage in Dutch children, study finds

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Children in the postmedieval Dutch workforce worked so hard that their spines became worn and deformed, with some children affected before they even had a chance to lose their baby teeth, a new study published in the International Journal of Paleopat…

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