Most solar panels do not have lead or cadmium – they have to meet the ROHS – restriction on hazardous substances. If they do, the hazardous wastes are sealed inside. If panels are broken they are quickly replaced because the solar system is losing money as long as the panels are out of service.
“”Based on his study and overseas studies, McLaughlin said the risk of cadmium leaching from solar panels into the soil is low and that most landfill sites should be able to handle them.
The wind and solar hazardous waste issue is blown all out of proportion by the badmouthers who are in cahoots with Big Oil and the fossil fuels industries. They don’t tell you how much hazardous waste is abandoned by the coal burning power plants and petroleum industries. The following quote is from this article in the link.
“Most landfills have good leachate treatment and monitoring; it should be able to be managed if those systems are operating correctly.” “”
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2023/the-dark-side-of-renewable-technology.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawEmSI9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUaYdHuui1PjfklaqVTZ9WZKsqxb-xcW5pbhnPaTIIEMUhp_ayrJS-EOzA_aem_hYF-E0AKAZ1PEmfk5NFdng#:~:text=Studies%20have%20shown%20the%20heavy,as%20well%20as%20affect%20plants
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Dawn Gambardella
The article you linked to said:
“”…and if exposed to water can release hydrochloric acid, which is a corrosive substance bad for human and environmental health.””
What is so idiotic about this is that your stomach is filled with hydrochloric acid, which digests your food. Hydrochloric acid is what the pool guy uses in a swimming pool! Now how stupid was that quote??
You’re the one who links to these articles without reading them to find out the *real truth*. You need to learn the actual facts and stop listening to the badmouthers and Chicken Littles who scream that the sky is falling.
The big oil and fossil fuel industries produce not just tons of toxic waste, but gigatons – in other words billions of tons!!
And it’s polluting the whole world! We have to end the burning of fossil fuels or else global warming will make most of the Earth uninhabitable.