Sprint Moves To Eliminate 'Blood Minerals' From Cell Phones 74
Velcroman1 writes "So-called 'blood diamonds' or conflict diamonds are the well-publicized face of the decades-long human rights challenge in Africa. But the mining and sale of a lesser-known but more widely used group of natural resources known as 'blood minerals' has also fueled civil wars in Congo and Uganda — and they're in the latest smartphones. Congress sought to address the issue through the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which included a requirement for companies to disclose conflict minerals. In 2011 the SEC opened a public debate about this disclosure — but Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Washington is critical of the process. 'They are afraid of being sued by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the World Gold Council,' McDermott said. Ahead of the SEC ruling, Sprint has made baby steps to come to terms with the controversy, joining the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA), and said it is working to make device manufacturers aware of the issue. But are they doing enough?"
Hmm? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Something for the drug kingpins to do... (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps you could elaborate: if the phone manufacturers don't make phones with blood minerals, how will you buy them from someone else?
They are not eliminating unobtanium. They are eliminating unobtanium from Pandora. So, Bob the arms dealer on Romulous sells some arms for unobtanum, and then sells it to Sprint on DS9 through Quark.
Re:I'll be switching to sprint, due to the effort (Score:4, Funny)
really trying to decrease my dependence upon slave made and harvested products.
. . . I've stopped using anything from projects that I have worked on . . .