The Western manufacturers claim everything's fine [1][2][3]. The Chinese manufacturers... does it really matter what they say? My personal opinion is that it's

The Western manufacturers claim everything's fine [1][2][3]. The Chinese manufacturers... does it really matter what they say? My personal opinion is that it's not a particularly good use of time to worry about this given all the other hells in the modern consumer-industrial complex. Which is perhaps a bit defeatist, but one must pick one's battles, and this battle is not my battle. [1]: https://www.kyocera-avx.com/docs/corporate/Responsible-Minerals-Sourcing-Policy.pdf https://www.kyocera-avx.com/docs/corporate/Responsible-Miner... [2]: https://www.kemet.com/content/dam/kemet/lightning/documents/kemet-docs/KEMET-Conflict-Minerals-Report-May-2023.pdf https://www.kemet.com/content/dam/kemet/lightning/documents/... [3]: https://www.vishay.com/docs/49037/rmsa(cmp)9-2021.pdf https://www.vishay.com/docs/49037/rmsa(cmp)9-2021.pdf