The shaming images that show where our iPhones, laptops and EV car batteries REALLY come from: The truth about the Congolese mines where kids are paid $2-a-day to dig for cobalt
A new series of images taken from inside cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo raise uncomfortable questions for American tech companies claiming to be 'clean'. Cobalt is the chemical element is found in almost every tech gadget that uses a lithium-powered batter on the market today - a smartphone, tablet or laptop requires a few grams of it, while an electric vehicle requires 10kg. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Tesla and others all say the mines aren't their responsibility, and that it's down to their partners to ensure they are run safely, and humanely. The photos and videos that DailyMail.com can share today tell a different story.
This is a truly ancient story, going back to the dawn of human history. The author of this article seems to believe that this is something new that should be eradicated. The West has just been blind to this reality for centuries.
Yea, who cares.
I didn't say that I "didn't care"... just that this is not a new story. We can care, but tell me one thing we can do about it, OTHER than abandon our phones and tablets and laptops etc.