Posted on May 21, 2022
How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store
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https://www.npr.org/2022/05/21/ [login to see] /uyghurs-xinjiang-muslim-minority-forced-labor-china
Far out in China's western region of Xinjiang, authorities have imprisoned thousands of people from the Uyghur ethnic minority without legal justification.
They've also coerced thousands of Uyghurs into state or factory jobs.
China says these efforts are their attempts to combat terrorism in the region and promote economic growth. And countries including the U.S buy millions of dollars worth of goods exported from Xinjiang every year.
Far out in China's western region of Xinjiang, authorities have imprisoned thousands of people from the Uyghur ethnic minority without legal justification.
They've also coerced thousands of Uyghurs into state or factory jobs.
China says these efforts are their attempts to combat terrorism in the region and promote economic growth. And countries including the U.S buy millions of dollars worth of goods exported from Xinjiang every year.
How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store
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American consumers demand high wages but low prices, and companies want to increase profits, so this is what we get. That demand resulted in manufactures moving out of the US and we became dependent on cheap goods from China and other such countries.
I try to support "made in America" as much as I can. Sadly, that is not enough. Until we accept higher prices, China will prevail. I don't see much manufacturing coming back in any significate amount.
I try to support "made in America" as much as I can. Sadly, that is not enough. Until we accept higher prices, China will prevail. I don't see much manufacturing coming back in any significate amount.
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Excellent article. Thanks for the share PO1 William "Chip" Nagel. But it was lacking a bit. Which is typical of NPR. The BBC has a better article. It discusses the life cycle from manufacture to use to end or recycle. I do agree all factors need to be taken into. Such as slave labor usage for mining the toxic minerals for the batteries. Cost of replacement batteries and the lack of facilities to recycle the electric car batteries. Here is the article.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-19830232
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-19830232
Electric cars 'pose environmental threat'
Electric cars might pollute much more than petrol or diesel powered cars, according to a report.
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MAJ Roland McDonald
And yes I know the article was written in 2012 and things change. But we are not even looking at how to recycle these electric car battery. Most remember in the early 1970's the issue with stacked up lead batteries leaching into ground water. Now the batteries are made. From lithium, cobalt, cadium and others that are just as toxic as lead or more. We don't need to repeat history on the battery issue. We need to learn from so we don't repeat it.
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