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Further Reading 05 10 15 20 By Amy Joi O'Donoghue Cobalt mining for big tech is driving child labor and deaths in the Congo. Get Ready 1. What issues do you think the article might address based on the title? 2 . Have you heard of “child labor” or “exploitation of child labor?” Can you predict what it means? Are Children “Suffering and Dying” for Better Batteries for Our Phones? urther Reading F “Our children are suffering and dying.” That is the sad statement of one Congolese mother whose son and cousin died while working the cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). She and other parents like her are involved in a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. This lawsuit aims to make a group of widely recognized technology and electronics companies responsible for reportedly benefiting from child labor while pursuing cobalt. “Cobalt is a key component of every rechargeable lithium-ion battery in all the devices made by these companies, and all other tech and electric car companies in the world that have brought on the latest wave of cruel exploitation fueled by greed, corruption, and indifference to a population of powerless, starving Congolese people,” the lawsuit reads. However, the companies have argued the case should be dismissed, claiming that they have no control over the mining practices in a foreign country and that the Congolese families cannot legally bring the lawsuit onto U.S. soil. Furthermore, they stressed that they have no direct connection to mining on foreign soil. 156 Special Lesson