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2023-10-13 16:17:23 UTC - HELPFUL
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While this post does not substantiate the claim of 40,000 child slaves, conditions are very poor for the mine workers in Congo's cobalt mines and child labor is known to be used. Cobalt is a main component of modern batteries used in large quantities in Electric Vehicles. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_826749/lang--en/index.htm
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