Posts Tagged ‘child slaves’
Child-Slaves Dig Coltan
Coltan – Key Element in Electronic Equipment Coltan stands for Columbite Tantelite, an ore containing a mix of niobium and tantalum. It is the key element in mobile phones, DVD players, laptops, hard drives, and the PS3 – essentially almost any piece of home or industrial electronic equipment. The Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC] (formerly Zaire)…
Read MoreChocolate’s Child Slaves
The Chocolate Industry Responds The CNN documentary “Chocolate’s Child Slaves”, premiers Friday January 20, 9 CET on CNN International. CNN correspondent, David McKenzie, went to the Ivory Coast to investigate children working in the cocoa fields. Responses from the world’s major chocolate companies can be read here.
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