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From April of this year: > Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will resume cleanup of hazardous and potentially hazardous substances remaining after th
by Kon-Peki 4y ago
From April of this year:
> Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will resume cleanup of hazardous and potentially hazardous substances remaining after the June 29, 2021, lithium battery fire at 900 E. Benton St., Morris, Illinois. The Agency estimates the cleanup will take five to six months.
> The building housed more than 500,000 pounds of batteries, including more than 140,000 pounds of lithium batteries
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-resumes-cleanup-hazardous-substances-morris-lithium-battery-fire-site-morris https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-resumes-cleanup-hazardo...
- elihu 4y agoWow, that's a lot. I wonder if the other 360,000 pounds or so were lead acid?