Just say no: Apple and Intel stop using conflict minerals

While the united states government hasn’t issued an outright ban against using ‘conflict minerals’ coming from the Congo, it has passed a law on the way to require companies who use them to inform anybody when our gadgets were paid for (partly) with blood. Seems like Apple and Intel weren’t too a fan of the bad PR that might come from such disclosures, and joined the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and its Conflict-Free Smelter program. This system requires mineral processing plants either prove that they don’t fund the continued hostilities in central Africa or peddle their war-supporting wares elsewhere. For now, that suggests that the parents in Cupertino and Santa Clara should find other sources for the 3 Ts (tungsten, tin, and tantalum) had to sate our technological appetites.

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