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Does anyone know if Foxconn pollutes? I imagine Vietnam doesn't have the best infrastructure so polluting is the norm there and they'd go unchecked in devastati

• rmah 6y ago
  It's not a binary question -- every factory pollutes. If only because energy, transport, etc is necessary and people generate biowaste. The question is how much and what types. The best way to clean up any environmental damage in a poor country is to help it become a rich country. At that point, the people and gov will start to prioritize it.
  • ryder9 6y ago
    you should be an oil company pr rep
• antoniuschan99 6y ago
  There was a huge protest about a taiwanese factory polluting the water there a few years ago. I think they were dumping. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/01/vietnam-blames-toxic-waste-water-fom-steel-plant-for-mass-fish-deaths https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/01/vietnam-... Vietnamese in the South generally have beef with Chinese though, not Taiwanese
• tuankiet65 6y ago
  One that already happened, but not Foxconn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Vietnam_marine_life_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Vietnam_marine_life_disas...