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fair trade cellphones

 "Fair Trade certified Cellphones"
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We have fair trade diamonds, fair trade coffee, etc, but people are still being killed, forced to labor under grossly unsafe conditions at the behest of thugs, and generally taken advantage of for the metals found in cellphones. I would like to see a cellphone company introduce "conflict-free" cellphones, so people can buy them with a clear conscience.
—Alex Yeh, Nov 16 2006

coltan, cassiterite, heterogenite mining in Congo http://www.alternet.org/story/41477/
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       Thanks for the link, jutta; that gives a good overview of the situation. It's just amazing how the cellphone market has exploded; I remember when they were just an obscure idea printed in science magazines.
—Alex Yeh, Nov 17 2006
   

       Good idea
—hippo, Nov 17 2006
   

       I'm bunning this on the beautiful principle on which it was founded.
—21 Quest, Nov 17 2006
   

       Excellent.
—jtp, Nov 17 2006
   


 

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