Seriously, WTF did some of you legitimately not know about this? This isn't some new revelation (hell that article is from 2016 and it wasn't some big bombshell news back then either).
Its like the whole sexual assault allegations all over. Some of you really fucking need to come out of your bubbles of delusion (what, SJWs have been right all along? What?!?!).
Smug liberals must be crying their eyes out right now.
I mean, we've known for a while that the materials used in Hybrids are horrifically toxic and do nasty things to the environment. But so long as children werent being harmed, the average person could cope with it.
Oh shorty you just can't help wanting to be a conservative dick puppet. Also, pretty sure that you were someone that went around yelling about SJWs, not sure why you're copping this bullshit attitude as you're exactly the type of willful morons that SJWs have been saying has helped enable this type of shit by denigrating people bringing it up.
Only fucking morons like apparently yourself weren't aware of the dirty shit that goes into all the things you use. Guess what dipshit, you realize the batteries in your phone and laptop suffer from the same issue, right? Yet I don't see you going "oh no, I've been enabling this!" like you seemingly think liberals should uniquely be taking blame for.
As opposed to us knowing that fossil fuels are horrifically toxic to our environment and our health? I haven't seen anyone that pushes for electrification that doesn't say that is a problem and needs to be addressed (why do you think they're constantly working on all sorts of crazy ways to make better batteries that use less rare earth elements?).
No, so long as they don't have to directly deal with the results, or even then, as long as they can stay in ignorant bliss, average people don't give a shit. And that is true across the political spectrum. Sure we'll do a big show of pretending to care, but our actions show we really don't.
Guess what, your coffee, your chocolate, your bananas, and a hell of a lot of other goods were likely enabled by child and/or abusive labor practices as well. And damn sure all the electronics in your home have been.