DIRTY TIN
Apple is under pressure to fess up about its supply chain
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth is pressing tech giant Apple to come clean about its supply chain, which the group believes sources tin from the dangerous and destructive Bangka Island mines.
The effort follows mobile phone maker Samsung's admission that some of its products contain tin from Bangka, the result of intense pressure from FoE and nearly 16,000 concerned consumers who had contacted the South Korean company.
Now FoE has refocused i
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