sozo777
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Post by sozo777 on Jan 24, 2018 4:28:38 GMT -5
www.afrewatch.org/?q=article/congo-kinshasa-child-labor-price-e-carsThis is what we die for: Child labour in the DRC cobalt mines www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4ASxHIrEA“Millions of people enjoy the benefits of new technologies but rarely ask how they are made. It is high time the big brands took some responsibility for the mining of the raw materials that make their lucrative products.” Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products, said Amnesty International and Afrewatch in a report published today.
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Post by Everton on Jan 24, 2018 6:08:36 GMT -5
It is not only new technologies that benefit from the abuse of children through child labour.
Do you wear cotton fabric, drink coffee, eat chocolate ?
It is governments that should lead the way of prevention.
Not that the document appears to have made any great difference worldwide, it is still an interesting surprising and upsetting fact that The United States is the only nation in the world that has not ratified the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It was established in 1989 and is to protect children’s rights through government action.
Just for the record the report by Amnesty International and Afrewatch regarding electronics brands was not published 'today' it was released in January 2016. Still relevant but not new news.
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sozo777
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Post by sozo777 on Jan 24, 2018 13:09:06 GMT -5
Thank YOU Everton...
I was speaking with a friend who is a well trained technician and we got into a variety of subjects and or discussions. One of them being *E-cars and (many other electronic devices which have become common place in society) and how these *batteries use enormous amounts of Cobalt. His feeling was that there is not enough cobalt on the planet to make E-car's a viable solution to lets say pollution. "It ain't going to happen" —unquote. He estimated that only about 1% of the cars today are electric and if that were to increase lets say to 10% or more. There is not enough cobalt to meet those needs which would likely only add to the stress, strains and abuse that is happening in the Congo already. It's a perplexing and complicated situation because it's also been said that as of the 1970's we have reached peak oil production worldwide and since then we are on the downside. The Saudi's for example certainly wouldn't like their folks to get wind of that as they also would like a piece of the pie and a decent living standard as well..in affect even greater unrest would evolve.
This was my older brother Doug's thoughts. "It’s a big stock buy and they could care less about kids dying."
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