{"id":8880,"date":"2012-01-26T21:53:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T02:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=8880"},"modified":"2012-01-27T04:26:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T09:26:38","slug":"the-new-york-times-on-apples-dangerous-and-deadly-working-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/the-new-york-times-on-apples-dangerous-and-deadly-working-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times on Apple’s dangerous & abusive factory conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>In a departure from Movie Prop Collectors<\/em> regular subject matter, I thought it would be of interest to readers to share a New Times Article<\/em><\/strong><\/a> published yesterday, January 25th, 2012 concerning the safety at Apple<\/em><\/strong><\/a>‘s factories in China.<\/p>\n

While the iPad<\/em> and iPhone<\/em> are used by many in the entertainment field as well as a popular part of pop culture, Apple’s internal operations are notoriously secretive and not usually available to the general public. This New York Times<\/em> article breaks that secrecy.<\/p>\n

The video below is a May 2011 explosion at the Foxconn Technology<\/em><\/strong><\/a> factory\u00a0 mentioned in the Times<\/em> article.<\/p>\n

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The article delves into the world of Apple and the reportedly unsafe<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and sometimes deadly<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, factories they utilize in China to make Apple<\/em> products, including the iPhone<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and iPad<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In May of 2011, Apple’s<\/em> Chengdu<\/em> Foxconn Technology<\/em><\/strong><\/a> factory had an explosion that killed 4 workers and injured dozens of others in what was called an accident caused by aluminum dust used to polish iPads<\/em>. It was reported the explosion was due to a faulty ventilation sysytem. The aluminum dust according to factory workers, was reportedly floating around the factory and they were covered in it while they worked. The 7 page Times<\/em> article, written by Charles Duhigg<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and David Barboza<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, features interviews with current and past factory workers, as well as Apple<\/em> executives on the unsafe conditions at various Apple<\/em> factories in China. Problems at Apple<\/em> factories in the East have been going on for quite some time as referenced in this 2006 Mail Online<\/em><\/strong><\/a> article.<\/p>\n

While many of my friends and business associates own Apple<\/em> products I never have. Not for any particular reason, other than I was happy with my simple flip phone and laptop. I will however, be looking forward to Apple’<\/em>s response (if any), to the recent New York Times<\/em> article.<\/p>\n

*All photos & video \u00a9The New York Times, IDG News Service, & Movie Prop Collectors.com<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n