… and let us feel virtuous.
China uses “forced labor in polysilicon production (a key input in solar panels)” and “child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the mining of cobalt (an input in lithium-ion [electric vehicle] batteries)”.
“In the Congo] 40,000 children, some as young as 6 years old, work in cobalt mines. Often working in tight spaces underground without proper safety equipment or procedures, child laborers face serious risks of injury or [and] death.”
No “may” about it. Does.