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No, the costs to comply with US environmental regulations as well as costs of inevitable litigation from the pollution would be astronomical.

BOE has no fab in the pearl River delta though https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOE_Technology

You'll need workers to fill those factories. And on top of them you'll need seasonal workers too, because there's no reason to employ huge number of people outside of "new iPhone season".

As long as there is profit, some people would risk even death earning it.

"Some of you may die, but that is a risk I am willing to take."

I swear I heard that line from a Ferengi somewhere.