The Short-answer Is Yes

Lithium ion batteries come with some really bad side effects. Are These Tech Companies Complicit In Human Rights Abuses Of Child Cobalt Miners In Congo?

Now I own things, like a smartphone, that have lithium ion batteries. But these guys (Elon Musk) are pushing a whole lot more of them on everyone.

The lawsuit alleges that “the young children mining Defendants’ cobalt are not merely being forced to work full-time, extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense their educations and futures; they are being regularly maimed and killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to cobalt mining in the DRC.” Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Dell and Tesla are alleged to have been aiding and abetting the deaths and serious injuries of the Claimant’s children working in cobalt mines in the supply chain of the tech corporations.

Now each of those companies commands armies of lawyers, so I don't expect the lawsuit to make much headway. But some publicity into the problems is probably long overdue. (Hat tip to Watts Up With That.)