where it is used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries for use in smartphones and electric cars”.Furthermore, children should not be working for smartphone/car companies and this is unconstitutional to make these innocent kids work.In Addition, this child labor fact is disgusting and shall be di...
The Biden administration declared Oct. 6 that batteries from China may be tainted bychild labor, a move that could upend the electric vehicle industry while giving fresh ammunition to critics of White House climate policies, reports E&E News. The U.S. Department of Labor said it would add li...
Child labor is being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to mine cobalt, a mineral used in lithium-ion batteries found in devices from Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and car manufacturers Daimler and Volkswagen, according to anew reportby Amnesty International. Children told Amnesty ...
An Amnesty International investigation claims child labor is being used to acquire cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a mineral used in the production of lithium-ion batteries purchased by tech companies like Apple. The report, published on Monday by Amnesty and DPR non-profit...
“DRC”) or children who were maimed in such accidents. The DRC has the world’s largest deposits of cobalt, an essential element of rechargeable lithium-ion battery in products made by all tech and electric car companies. The tech boom has...
There is cobalt inside the lithium battery. There's coltan that's used in the miniature circuitry in your phone," he tells Mashable. "These are minerals that are being mined in areas where law enforcement and government oversight is very weak -- and what you find is that a lot of ...
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Carmakers and big tech struggle to keep batteries free from child labor Car and tech companies are scrambling for supplies of cobalt, a mineral they need to power electric vehicles and smartphones. But they have a problem: Much of the cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries comes from a coun...
The clean energy revolution hinges on the Democratic Republic of Congo — where conflict, corruption, and child labor are rife Begin