Battery damage to nature and human body

[linterno]

This google translated article found in a Colombian news paper can be of interest to all of us. There is a translation error for spanish word Pila which is used in spanish for several purposes including Battery and Stack.

The original article in spanish can be found here.

Juan C.

 

[dano]

I wouldn't worry so much about batteries and mercury, etc. I'd worry more about the levels of mercury exposure due to the mandatory use of compact florescent bulbs, and if those bulbs break in your house, or are improperly disposed of in landfills, etc.

 

[mdocod]

I wouldn't worry so much about batteries and mercury, etc. I'd worry more about the levels of mercury exposure due to the mandatory use of compact florescent bulbs, and if those bulbs break in your house, or are improperly disposed of in landfills, etc.

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[ltiu]

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=209477

 

[drmaxx]

I wouldn't worry so much about batteries and mercury, etc. I'd worry more about the levels of mercury exposure due to the mandatory use of compact florescent bulbs, and if those bulbs break in your house, or are improperly disposed of in landfills, etc.

I am not quite sure what you want to say with this? Yes, mercury in cfl is not very pleasant and you might have a (small) possibility of a direct exposure to mercury. And yes, there are many other sources of heavy metals beside batteries.

Nevertheless, most batteries contain substantial amounts of heavy metals. Cadmium, mercury, lead, zink, ... just a few of them. In many landfills they contribute substantially to the heavy metal content. Not quite sure how happy you would be, if these metals are present in your family's drinking water or in the fish you find on your table. Especially mercury in landfills is of concern, because it gets converted into methylmercury - a form that is very easy adsorbed by organisms and therefore bioacumulates easily.

It is just silly not to recycle all the ressources contained in batteries. They are easy to collect them at home and in most civilised places easy to bring back to a collection site. For most of us this is just a matter of doing the right thing.

I only can guess the content of the article, but it looks like it sais exactly that: Recycle the dang little buggers. There are only benefits doing it.

 

[MorePower]

I am not quite sure what you want to say with this? Yes, mercury in cfl is not very pleasant and you might have a (small) possibility of a direct exposure to mercury. And yes, there are many other sources of heavy metals beside batteries.

Nevertheless, most batteries contain substantial amounts of heavy metals. Cadmium, mercury, lead, zink, ... just a few of them. In many landfills they contribute substantially to the heavy metal content. Not quite sure how happy you would be, if these metals are present in your family's drinking water or in the fish you find on your table. Especially mercury in landfills is of concern, because it gets converted into methylmercury - a form that is very easy adsorbed by organisms and therefore bioacumulates easily.

It is just silly not to recycle all the ressources contained in batteries. They are easy to collect them at home and in most civilised places easy to bring back to a collection site. For most of us this is just a matter of doing the right thing.

I only can guess the content of the article, but it looks like it sais exactly that: Recycle the dang little buggers. There are only benefits doing it.

Actually, most electrochemical cells contain very little mercury, cadmium, or lead. Zinc-Air cells have added mercury for now, but far less than they used to contain. Alkaline cells sold in the US and Europe are completely free of added mercury and cadmium, and many are totally free of added lead as well.