Comments on: Is Your Cell Phone Drenched in Blood? http://earthfirst.com/is-your-cell-phone-drenched-in-blood/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:04:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anuj http://earthfirst.com/is-your-cell-phone-drenched-in-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-4785 Anuj Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:36:50 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2705#comment-4785 Today, I wrote to top 3 companies SE, Motorola, and Nokia whether they can assure me that their phones do not contain material sourced from these mines. I will post here if I get any replies from them. Today, I wrote to top 3 companies SE, Motorola, and Nokia whether they can assure me that their phones do not contain material sourced from these mines. I will post here if I get any replies from them.

]]> By: Blogadmin http://earthfirst.com/is-your-cell-phone-drenched-in-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Blogadmin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:38:42 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2705#comment-4715 Hi, I am a humanitarian worker writing from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Unfortunately, all you say about Coltan in your post is true. Planes full of the mineral fly above us everyday... The silence of international media about this issue is enormous. Thanks a lot for talking about this. All the best Hi,
I am a humanitarian worker writing from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Unfortunately, all you say about Coltan in your post is true. Planes full of the mineral fly above us everyday…
The silence of international media about this issue is enormous.
Thanks a lot for talking about this.
All the best

]]> By: Rick http://earthfirst.com/is-your-cell-phone-drenched-in-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-4590 Rick Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:57:16 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2705#comment-4590 This is an important story for the public to know about and, yes, the intrusion within gorilla habitat does affect the animals. There are ways of mining without affecting the gorillas though that would be too detailed to get into here. One thing the general public can do is recycle your cell phones. Take a look at the eco-cell recycling company. Some zoos offer this program and funds, in some cases, go to gorilla conservation. Versions of this story have been showing up over the last week or two so I though one important bit of information should be corrected; the gorillas are NOT the mountain gorilla subspecies (Gorilla beringei beringei). It is the eastern lowland gorilla (gorilla beringei graueri) that inhabits the Kahuzi-Biega National Park. This is an important story for the public to know about and, yes, the intrusion within gorilla habitat does affect the animals. There are ways of mining without affecting the gorillas though that would be too detailed to get into here. One thing the general public can do is recycle your cell phones. Take a look at the eco-cell recycling company. Some zoos offer this program and funds, in some cases, go to gorilla conservation.

Versions of this story have been showing up over the last week or two so I though one important bit of information should be corrected; the gorillas are NOT the mountain gorilla subspecies (Gorilla beringei beringei). It is the eastern lowland gorilla (gorilla beringei graueri) that inhabits the Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

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