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The Human Cost of your new Apple/Samsung/Nokia Smartphone: Cancer!

We all know today that more than 50% of our electronics found worldwide and close to 70% of the cell phones and tablets be it from local sellers like Micromax, Xolo, Gionee, et al or the Biggies like Nokia, Samsung, Apple are made in China.
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You might have heard of so many news splashes in the past where the human impact of poor wages, long working hours and inhumane working conditions of these poor workers were often highlighted in International media: Foxconn being a good example.

And yet as we go happily buying your next shiny phone do we have any idea how much blood it has of hundreds of nameless, faceless, innocent workers to produce it?

This documentary provides what is a mere glimpse of the "Human Cost Of Electronics" we are using worldwide today: Prepare to be shocked

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