#Environmental activist Ma Jun wins Goldman Prize
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In October, the activist and author met with senior #Apple executives in San Francisco and Cupertino to discuss his report, published a month earlier, on health hazards caused by pollution in the company’s Chinese supply chain.
Ma will be at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco on Monday to receive the Goldman Environmental Prize for “bringing unprecedented environmental transparency and empowering Chinese citizens to demand justice.” His work has prompted the Chinese government and multinational corporations, including Apple, to more seriously confront the issues