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Mining cobalt.

It was reported in 2021 modern day slavery is happening and even in 2024 it is still going on. In Congo people are forced to work long hours in the cobalt mine while receiving less than $2 or at all. While those big tech companies like Apple get their share at lower prices to make their devices. I am sick to my stomach! 

How can the world be so cruel?? Although it is reported that Apple have stopped purchasing mine from Congo but where’s the proof? How do we know that for sure? Who’s to say that the very phone I am holding in my hand right now didn’t  come from from a slave who worked long hours to provide it to Apple? cobalt is dangerous a ton of Congolese have died because of it!

cobalt is found in every lithium-ion rechargeable battery on the planet – from smartphones to tablets to laptops to electric vehicles. It is also used to fashion superalloys to manufacture jet engines, gas turbines and magnetic steel. You cannot send an email, check social media, drive an electric car or fly home for the holidays without using this cobalt.

Not a lot of people is talking about the genocide going on in Congo but it is happening and to Haiti as well! People are losing their homes, children are dying! It’s really sad. I try no to watch the news but I want to be aware of what is going on. 

Please be safe.