Name: Coltan's Cost: Blood in the Soil and Human Rights Violations by African Elements Daily
Duration: 5 min 11 s
Description: Coltan’s dark side reveals the human rights violations linked to coltan mining and the electronics industry.

Coltan’s dark side reveals the human rights violations linked to coltan mining and the electronics industry.

Coltan's Cost: Blood in the Soil and Human Rights Violations

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Coltan's Cost: Blood in the Soil and Human Rights Violations

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