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you must be exaggerating? it's really that bad that literal millions die in mines in Africa?

actually_a_dog 5y ago
I don't know about in the mines, but there is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond I imagine a similar phenomenon exists for other mineral resources.
akomtu 5y ago
"Paid less than $1 a day children are primarily coerced into cobalt mining work due to injury or death suffered by parents in cobalt mining, the inability to pay school fees, ..."
- InitialLastName 5y ago
  Did you mean to enclose an actual source with that comment? Without that, it's difficult to verify the scale and validity of the issue you're raising (not that I necessarily doubt it; I just like to have more coherent sources than a pull quote from an anonymous commenter on an internet forum).
  - ficklepickle 5y ago
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/tobyshapshak/2019/12/18/cobalt-lawsuit-against-tech-giants-over-child-labour-a-global-flashpoint-of-corporate-social-responsibility/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tobyshapshak/2019/12/18/cobalt-...
klyrs 5y ago
[1] doesn't directly answer your question, but there are some interesting stats there -- over 300k children, 5 and up, work in Bolivian mines. Bolivian Miners die on average 25 years earlier than the average Bolivian. Overall, that appears to point to a significant amount of premature death caused by mining. On the other hand, the answer to GP's question is that this study isn't predominantly about officework. It's a global study[2], and miners are likely accounted for. Americans account for less than 5% of the statistic. [1] https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/mining/health-effects-of-mining/story https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/minin... [2] https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0160412021002208-gr3_lrg.jpg https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S01604120210022...

I don't know about in the mines, but there is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond I imagine a similar phenomenon exists for other mineral resources.

akomtu 5y ago

"Paid less than $1 a day children are primarily coerced into cobalt mining work due to injury or death suffered by parents in cobalt mining, the inability to pay school fees, ..."

InitialLastName 5y ago
Did you mean to enclose an actual source with that comment? Without that, it's difficult to verify the scale and validity of the issue you're raising (not that I necessarily doubt it; I just like to have more coherent sources than a pull quote from an anonymous commenter on an internet forum).
- ficklepickle 5y ago
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/tobyshapshak/2019/12/18/cobalt-lawsuit-against-tech-giants-over-child-labour-a-global-flashpoint-of-corporate-social-responsibility/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tobyshapshak/2019/12/18/cobalt-...

klyrs 5y ago

[1] doesn't directly answer your question, but there are some interesting stats there -- over 300k children, 5 and up, work in Bolivian mines. Bolivian Miners die on average 25 years earlier than the average Bolivian. Overall, that appears to point to a significant amount of premature death caused by mining. On the other hand, the answer to GP's question is that this study isn't predominantly about officework. It's a global study[2], and miners are likely accounted for. Americans account for less than 5% of the statistic. [1] https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/mining/health-effects-of-mining/story https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/minin... [2] https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0160412021002208-gr3_lrg.jpg https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S01604120210022...