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I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change

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I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change | Global development | The Guardian

When Raphael turned 15, he started digging tunnels at the cobalt mine where he worked – two years later he was dead
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Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
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See Cobalt - Wikipedia

Cobalt is found in the DRC is the form of cobaltite (see Cobaltite - Wikipedia) which is pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by arsenic. Handling this ore over a period of time can lead to toxicity & death.
 
It's the ghost of King Ludwig, the Butcher of the Belgian Congo.

He's the 4th biggest murderer in the history of mankind, after Stalin, Hitler and Mao.
 
I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change | Global development | The Guardian

When Raphael turned 15, he started digging tunnels at the cobalt mine where he worked – two years later he was dead
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Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
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See Cobalt - Wikipedia

Cobalt is found in the DRC is the form of cobaltite (see Cobaltite - Wikipedia) which is pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by arsenic. Handling this ore over a period of time can lead to toxicity & death.

There are a number of promising project out there to either replace or seriously improve the capacity of lithium ion batteries.

They are also refurbished quite regularly now.

Graphene super capacitors are one technology that shows promise.

Another, more likely one is solid state electrolyte batteries may eliminate the trade in rare earth metals almost completely.
 
I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change | Global development | The Guardian

When Raphael turned 15, he started digging tunnels at the cobalt mine where he worked – two years later he was dead
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Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
=================================================================================
See Cobalt - Wikipedia

Cobalt is found in the DRC is the form of cobaltite (see Cobaltite - Wikipedia) which is pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by arsenic. Handling this ore over a period of time can lead to toxicity & death.

"When Raphael turned 15, he was strong enough to dig tunnels at the site. Bisette says that on 16 April 2018, Raphael was deep underground with a group of 30 diggers when the tunnel above him collapsed. She heard the news and rushed to the site. “I prayed to God: ‘Please, let my son be alive,’” she says. When she arrived at the mine, she says, she was informed that no one had survived."
 
I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change | Global development | The Guardian

When Raphael turned 15, he started digging tunnels at the cobalt mine where he worked – two years later he was dead
=======================================================================================
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
=================================================================================
See Cobalt - Wikipedia

Cobalt is found in the DRC is the form of cobaltite (see Cobaltite - Wikipedia) which is pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by arsenic. Handling this ore over a period of time can lead to toxicity & death.

Moa, Cuba is coated in residue from their nickel and cobalt mines. Here is a similar story from Cuba. I plan on see what it is like firsthand next month.

Four workers die at Sherritt nickel and cobalt joint venture in Cuba | Financial Post

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Tunnel mining is dangerous.
 
So grateful I can export my pollution to the third world without which I wouldn't be able to sit on the internet and be a keyboard activist ;)
 
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