Coltan and Your Mobile: A M0pocket Repentance And Mobile Community Call To Action

An impassioned plea and a call to action from Justin Oberman on mopocket, on the Coltan Congo problem that silently taints the mobile industry - as children are exploited and forced to work in mines to dig for the substance often in dangerous and life threatening conditions.

Related links on "blood tantalum":

-- Recycled phones and "blood Tantalum"

Cell phone companies and Activists' pledges and campaigns:

-- Mobile industry aims for greener phones

-- Campaign aims to recycle 'e-waste'

Animal activists campaigns:

-- Your Old Cell Phone Could Help Save a Gorilla

-- Making cell phones hurts Gorillas

-- Mobile phones kill great apes

emily | 8:00 AM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
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