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Re:Tech giants sued over deaths of children who mine cobalt by manigandham on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:36AM (#21825868)
Places where rule of the land (or lack thereof) already lets this happen is unlikely to change simply from increased margins. Most likely they’ll just pocket the increased profit with no improvement in conditions.
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Re:Tech giants sued over deaths of children who mine cobalt by adaml_623 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:56AM (#21826118)
Responsible businesses do full inspections of their supply chains. All the way back to the farms which grow the food.
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Re:Tech giants sued over deaths of children who mine cobalt by lotsofpulp on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:39AM (#21826614)
How about the factories where the fertilizer and pesticide/insecticide is made?

My point is it is unreasonable to expect a business to be able to do the kind of oversight that would require the reach of government agencies.

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Re:Tech giants sued over deaths of children who mine cobalt by count on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:58AM (#21826819)
Taking on that responsibility would make defending against these types of lawsuits significantly harder...
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