The Cost of Beauty: Child Labor in Mica Mining

What is in your cosmetics bag? If you use makeup that shimmers, there is a strong chance those products contain mica, a group of silicate minerals that can be ground into a sparkling powder. The Jharkhand state in eastern India, which is home to one of the largest deposits of mica in the world, and southern Madagascar have been identified as places with widespread child labor in dangerous mica mines. How can we advocate for those children and make certain the beauty industry only uses ethically-sourced mica?