Producing 1 billion iPhones has fouled 100 billion liters (or 26 billion gallons) of water.
I have never previously thought of the ties between the iPhone (and other consumer electronics) and mining. Nor had I thought about the immense environmental consequences. And I did not know that the vadt majority of rare earth minerals are sourced from China because of these massive environmental impacts, nkt bevause they are "rare" and only found in China.
