Deadly waste from raw materials

Huge quantities of raw materials are needed for mobile phones, copper pipes or wind turbines. Things that we Europeans naturally use are produced in South America under the harshest conditions. It's a filthy business. Latin American politicians are still relying on exports of raw materials to fuel...

43 min - Engineering & Megastructures - DW Documentary

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