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Blood, sweat, and batteries — Fortune

By TechTaffy Desk

Two-thirds of the world’s cobalt, an essential ingredient in our smartphones and electric cars, comes from one of the planet’s poorest countries. All too often it is mined by children.

Read the story produced with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting by Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer.

Here is the link: http://fortune.com/longform/blood-sweat-and-batteries/

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