Your Battery Has a Human Cost. Can Blockchain Fix That?

Greentech Media
By info@greentechmedia.comApr 13, 2018, 4:32 pm137 pts
The majority of exported cobalt, a key component of lithium-ion batteries, originates in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Much of the production comes from small and artisanal mines, where cobalt is plucked by hand. In 2014, UNICEF estimated that about 40,000 children worked in DRC’s mines. Those…

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