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No - any toxic materials in a solar panel are bound up in the silicon and unable to leech out. Rain is generally good, as it cleans dust off and increases effic
by etrautmann 4y ago
No - any toxic materials in a solar panel are bound up in the silicon and unable to leech out. Rain is generally good, as it cleans dust off and increases efficiency. Pollution is not a concern at all with solar.
- epistasis 4y agoThere's a concerted disinformation campaign out there to try to insinuate that solar panels break and then poison the ground. Here's a podcast covering some of it and the funding mechanisms that help push it: https://overcast.fm/+0-PqLPM34 https://overcast.fm/+0-PqLPM34 People will believe anything with the right confusing language. Throw in "rare earth minerals" and everybody gets as scared as if you call water "dihydrogen monoxide." https://dhmo.org/facts.html https://dhmo.org/facts.html