Major Tech and Car Companies May Be Using ‘Blood Gold’ Mined Illegally From the Amazon Rainforest

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By Olivia RosaneSep 21, 2022, 8:38 pm839 ptsInteresting
Your iPhone may contain gold linked to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. A new report from Amazon Watch and the Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples (APIB) published Monday reveals that the gold used by major tech and car companies including Apple, Tesla, Samsung, Microsoft, Intel, Sony,…

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