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We aren't talking about e-waste in general. We are talking specifically about Apple. What evidence do you have that Apple is knowingly letting children be expo
by taligent 14y ago
We aren't talking about e-waste in general.
We are talking specifically about Apple. What evidence do you have that Apple is knowingly letting children be exposed to toxic materials. It's a HUGE claim to make.
- droithomme 14y agoAside from e-waste, "Apple is knowingly letting children be exposed to toxic materials" was established with the iPhone screen cleaning story, where hexyl hydride, which evaporates faster than alcohol but is extremely toxic, had to be used to shave mere seconds off the assembly line speed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/07/chinese-workers-sickness-hexane-apple-iphone http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/07/chinese-workers-... The Apple factories are notorious for hiring underage workers. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20032074-247.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20032074-247.html These findings have been covered in Apple's shareholder report, so it's not like they can be contested. http://education-for-solidarity.blogspot.com/2012/01/apple-report-reveals-child-labour.html http://education-for-solidarity.blogspot.com/2012/01/apple-r... > Apple found more than 91 children working at its suppliers last year, nine times as many as the previous year, according to its annual report on its manufacturers. > The US company has also acknowledged for the first time that 137 workers were poisoned at a Chinese firm making its products and said less than a third of the facilities it audited were complying with its code on working hours.
- eridius 14y agoThere's no such thing as an "Apple factory". Apple doesn't own factories. And Foxconn makes products for more companies than just Apple.