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Tin production for consumer electronics in the DR Congo and Indonesia
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Gender Aspects: Production of Next-generation electronics in Poland
Making IT fair in Poland
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Research report on Yong Hong Electronics
Though Chinese labor law prohibits the employment of children under the age of 16, child labor is a standard practice at Yonghong Electronics. SACOM interviewed 25 workers from Yonghong, including 7 underage workers. All the…
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Child labour and human rights abuses behind the latest electronic gadget
makeITfair reveals: Electronics brands do nothing to improve conditions related to the metals they useMetal prices are booming, but many of the mine workers in African countries have not noticed this, as revealed in a…
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Proposed waste law to officially turn India into global waste destination
Through a jugglery of words in the draft legislation on waste, the Indian Government may pave the way for officially opening floodgates for the dumping of world’s hazardous waste in the name of recycling and…
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Bush vetoes funds for IBM cancer study
President Bush vetoed a spending bill this week that would have funded a $3.2 million cancer- rate study of IBM workers in Endicott. Read more…
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The USA ships electronics waste overseas
While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics collected for recycling in the U.S. each year ends up overseas. Workers in countries…
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In ‘e-waste heartland’, a toxic China
For five years, environmentalists and the news media have publicized the danger to Chinese workers who dismantle much of the world’s junked electronics. Yet a visit to this south-eastern Chinese town regarded as the heartland…
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Apple’s response to its critics has been poor
Rising pressure from NGO’s and growing customer unrest could seriously harm Apple’s brand. Yet the company is doing little to improve relations with these groups.