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Workers Poisoned Making Touchscreen Hardware

Posted by Soulskill on from the welcome-to-the-jungle dept.

SocResp writes "A chemical called n-hexane has been poisoning the nervous systems of Chinese workers who assemble touchscreen devices for Apple and other companies, an investigative journalist from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports. It's scary to think that people are being damaged to pursue high production rates. For companies with soaring profits and share prices, and elaborate product development and marketing, it seems they should be all the more culpable if they fail to take care of the production workers."

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  1. Unacceptable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A chemical called n-hexane has been poisoning the nervous systems of Chinese workers who assemble touchscreen devices for Apple and other companies

    I can forgive them poisoning a few people but making Apple devices is unforgivable.

  2. Re:Apple.... and those others. by MightyMartian · · Score: 1, Funny

    Quit saying Apple, ipod, ipad, etc unless it is a story actually about just them.

    Yeah! It should be about how Steve Jobs hates Chinese people, and forces them to commit suicide and pollute their bodies with horrifying chemicals.

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  3. Re:Apple.... and those others. by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple's marketing division has worked hard to make their brand synonymous with portable music devices, smartphones and tablets.

    And killing Chinese workers!

    God bless America

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  4. Re:Give me a break. by jdgeorge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, props for correct use of the term "twat waffle".

  5. Re:WHAT?! by Qzukk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Until someone discovers that smug causes cancer.

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  6. Re:Give me a break. by KhabaLox · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've yet to meet anyone with a Zune or a creative player who is as large a twat waffle as Apple fanboys.

    I've yet to meet anyone with a Zune or a creative player, period. Which I think disproves the GPs point more immediately.

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  7. Re:Someone mod down this jerk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you trying to tell us that Han shot first?!

  8. Re:Odd choice of words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, they should have used 'human resources' rather than 'people'.