The Cost of Cobalt
In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists and doctors are finding increasing evidence of environmental pollution from industrial mining which, they believe, may be the cause of a range of malformations from cleft palate to some so serious the baby is stillborn. More than 60% of the world’s reserves of cobalt are in the DRC and this mineral is essential for the production of electric car batteries, which may be the key to reducing carbon emissions and to slowing climate change. In The Cost of Cobalt we meet the doctors treating the children affected and the scientists who are measuring the pollution. Cobalt may be part of the global solution to climate change, but is it right that Congo’s next generation pay the price with their health? Many are hoping that the more the world understands their plight, the more pressure will be put on the industry here to clean up its act.
Year: 2021
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Studio 9 Films, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
Director: Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Robert Flummerfelt
Cast: Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Robert Flummerfelt, Sébastien Mbuyi Musanzayi, Nadine Ngulala Mbuyamba, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, Mireille Neema
Crew: Fiona Lloyd-Davies (Director), Robert Flummerfelt (Director), Fiona Lloyd-Davies (Executive Producer), Robert Flummerfelt (Cinematography), Jack Kahorha (Field Director), Benjamin Kubako Mukendi (Translator)
Runtime: 25 minutes
Release: Mar 31, 2021
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : fish, pollution, river, climate change, price, mining, health, industry, toxic, doctor, scientist, electric car, birth defect, enviroment, katanga conflict, environmental issues, cobalt, batteries, babies, democratic republic of the congo, mineral, copper, environmental documentary, carbon, documentary, urban carbon emissions, stillborn, emissions
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