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On the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Siddhart Kara the author and expert on Modern-day Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Labor states that:

“Nowhere in human history has there been more suffering that has resulted in more profits that have impacted the lives of so many people around the world as it is in the DR Congo today.”

Siddhart Kara

He has written a book regarding human rights abuses in the DR Congo’s cobalt mining industry and the moral implications of these abuses entitled Cobalt Red.

In addition to being an author and activist, Siddharth Kara is an expert on contemporary slavery and human trafficking, child labor, and related issues of human rights.

During the Podcast he also mentioned how every lithium-ion rechargeable battery, including those powering smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles, contains cobalt. About 75 percent of the world’s cobalt supply is mined in the DR Congo, often by children, youths and peasants.

In other words, in today’s world we can not function on a daily basis without Cobalt and a large portion of the Cobalt comes from the DR Congo where it is being sourced from on a daily basis.

Globally, billions of people living on every continent and every corner of the globe are exposed to a human rights disaster and an environmental catastrophe that is taking place in the DR Congo.

Kara argues that because we are all implicated, we should all care about what’s happening in the DR Congo.

Is there any effort being made by consumers, such as Tech companies, to mitigate this issue?

What can be done to ensure the dignity and human rights of the Congolese?

Is there anything happening at any point in the supply chain from the bottom to the top?