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Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia

After leading an investigation into tin mining in Bangka earlier this year, Friends of the Earth is now pushing the biggest smartphone companies, Samsung and Apple, to agree and implement a plan that will put an end to the human and environmental problems it causes. The demands are part of FoE’s Make It Better campaign, calling for Europe-wide legislation that would require companies to report on their products’ full human and social impacts, from accidents and pollution to how much water, land and raw materials they use.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/23/tin-mining-indonesia-bangka?CMP=twt_fd