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Researchers link cobalt mining in the DRC to violence, substance abuse, food-water insecurity

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 26, 2021 | 10:17 am Battery Metals Education Africa Cobalt 

After studying the impacts of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Northwestern University is calling for more data on how emerging technologies affect human health and livelihoods. Congo is the...

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