HACKINTOSH.ORG | Macintosh discussion forums

New report claims Apple's not doing enough to combat child labor

A new investigation has claimed that Apple is not doing enough to tackle child labor. It's reported by charity Amnesty that cobalt, a component used to make lithium-ion batteries in smartphones, is being mined by children as young as seven. This isn't the first time Apple, as well as competitor tech giants have come under fire due to working conditions for those in the supply chains. Children's charity UNICEF estimates that approximately 40,000 children currently work in mines across southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Materials mined by these workers are then used to make products sold by the likes of Apple, Samsung and others. According to the Amnesty report: "The glamourous shop displays and marketing of state of the art technologies are a stark contrast to the children carrying bags of rocks, and miners in narrow manmade tunnels risking permanent lung damage," said Mark Dummett, Business &amp; Human Rights Researcher at Amnesty International. Millions of people enjo...<br clear='all'/>

<a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url]

<a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url]

<a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url]

<img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247388654787/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4cf979d7/sc/15/mf.gif)' border='0'/>

Source: New report claims Apple's not doing enough to combat child labor (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/MK88_vbpRzQ/story01.htm)