It is easy to feign ignorance when buying your consumer products, but that is going to get a little harder. Last week when President Obama signed the all Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, it included a law that requires companies to disclose the use of tantalum, tungsten and tin, three rare minerals that are heavily mined in the Congo, in independent audits filed with their annual financial reports. Now the law does not prevent them from using conflict minerals, but it will allow companies that do not use them to advertise their products as conflict free. Check the PSA below to get a better understanding of how all this works.
[Engadget]
