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To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt.
Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. More than 70 percent of the world's supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo.
In this stark and crucial book, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo-because we are all implicated.
ISBN/EAN | 9781250284303 |
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Author | Siddharth Kara |
Publisher | St Martins Press |
Publication date | 20 Mar 2023 |
Format | Hardback |