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I'm not seeing the connection. The article makes several assertions, but they are about greater exporting of companies, smelters, and lead mining. Like this: L
by Simulacra 3y ago
I'm not seeing the connection. The article makes several assertions, but they are about greater exporting of companies, smelters, and lead mining. Like this:
Less US primary lead production meant more imported lead from countries like Peru, South Korea, and China, all of which had weaker standards for protecting workers and public health.
The headline is not an accurate reflection of what is actually in the article, and seems more like Clickbait.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI dunno, often the methods used for reprocessing materials are very similar to the ones used for processing them in the first place and frequently have environmental impacts. People don't like having waste incinerators in their neighborhoods. "pyrolysis" plants of any kind draw a lot of opposition from locals who lose their court fight and then they get shut down because they struggle to make them work. Then there is the whole fight over reprocessing spent nuclear fuels. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6239058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6239058/