Read About China’s “Apocalyptic, Toxic” Stranglehold On The iPhone’s Rare Earth Elements

Cult of Mac
By John BrownleeFeb 5, 2013, 9:59 am139 pts
There are seventeen rare earth elements in the periodic table: fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium. About nine of those elements go into every iPhone sold… and if China were suddenly to disappear from a map tomorrow, Apple would lose about 90% of those elements. Those nine rare-earth elements are…

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