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His name is Dorsen and he is one of an army of children, some just four years old, working in the vast polluted mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where toxic red dust burns their eyes, and they run the risk of skin disease and a deadly lung condition. Here, for a wage of just 8p a day, the children are made to check the rocks for the tell-tale chocolate-brown streaks of cobalt - the prized ingredient essential for the batteries that power electric cars.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4764208/Child-miners-aged-four-living-hell-Earth.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4764208/Child-miners-aged-four-living-hell-Earth.html
Lulu
A Nissan Leaf has 0% cobalt. A Tesla is 15% cobalt. An iPhone battery is 100% cobalt powered. Cobalt is also used in laptops. What did you use to post this story?
Bob R/CA
It's reassuring when a Trump supporter finally finds a reason to support "regulations" that keep children and workers and humans in general safe. Too bad it was only to make a political point.
EasTexSteve
I didn't use an iPhone or a laptop. And, I didn't drive an electric car to get to my computer, either. And, I don't tout electric cars as the savior of mankind. Evidently, they don't do much saving for slave children in Africa.
Hey, but you go ahead and plug-in.
Hey, but you go ahead and plug-in.
T.E.C. - Iowa
Frankly, I found the article stupid. Not the tragedy of the child, mind you. That should not happen. The stupid part is thinking that the problem is the need for cobalt. Yet, you are given a clue in the article with this line, "Goldman Sachs, the merchant bank, calls cobalt 'the new gasoline'!"
That's right, cobalt is just the new thing, a...See More
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