That is not my argument at all: my argument is that phones represent a larger phenomenon of choosing to produce and use unsustainable products that incudes coba

That is not my argument at all: my argument is that phones represent a larger phenomenon of choosing to produce and use unsustainable products that incudes cobalt and many other types of mining, we choose time and again to pollute the earth with our actions that put a sufficient amount of pollution in the air and water to increase the rate of cancers. Phones are the prime example but they are just one of many similar actions by our society to choose short-term gains in exchange for poisoning ourselves.