In the past few weeks, activists in China spoke to dozens of factory workers making Olympic merchandise. They found that working conditions were appalling with workers exposed to chemical substances and solvents, some forced to work up to three times the legal limit.
At the Shiwei factory in Shenzhen, workers had to buy their own masks and were fined half a day's wages if they were five minutes late.
Another factory investigated was the Xinda facility in Guangdong, which made 25 million plastic figures of Olympics mascots Wenlock and Mandeville.
SACOM found that staff were exposed to hazardous conditions in the paint spraying department, where there was a "fine mist of paint hanging in the air".
New masks were provided once or twice a month, with workers often buying their own.
Some of the 50 workers interviewed said they left the factory constantly covered in paint and even their saliva had changed colour, whilst others were left feeling sick or chronically tired.
During the busiest period of production for the Olympics, between last December and April this year, staff worked six day weeks for 11 to 12 hours a day, clocking up 120 hours a month in overtime.
This was despite Chinese labour laws stating overtime should be no longer than 36 hours a month.
In delivering their report, the authors called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure that higher standards on merchandise are in place for future games.
"The rampant rights violations reveal that Locog codes are really no more than lip service," SACOM said. "The IOC should [. . .] adopt a code of conduct" that includes terms like wages, hours and working conditions.