If you really want to feel guilty about buying an iPhone or an electronic product- you should look into cobalt mining in the Congo. The Democratic Republic of C

If you really want to feel guilty about buying an iPhone or an electronic product- you should look into cobalt mining in the Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo is believed to have half the world's supply of cobalt and two thirds of the world's cobalt supply originate from here. The price of cobalt has doubled in the past year yet children are still part of their cobalt mining process... [1] Are you guilty that Apple or other big tech companies allow a child to mine for your tech products? Or is this a problem that big companies would have better power to fix than you? On the other hand, I think Apple is buying their own cobalt mines so hopefully, your Apple products are or will be child labor free... [2] [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cobalt-children-mining-democratic-republic-congo-cbs-news-investigation/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cobalt-children-mining-democrat... [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-21/apple-is-said-to-negotiate-buying-cobalt-direct-from-miners https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-21/apple-is-...