"The same companies that spewed “forever chemicals” linked with cancer and other diseases in neighborhoods around the world are now key players in the development of EV batteries — sometimes with hefty taxpayer support. "
The fact that new industrial chemicals come onto the market decades before regulation catches up, always, means that living in the US will be increasingly toxic to all life.
This country is a cautionary tale in so, so many ways.
https://grist.org/accountability/the-problematic-chemicals-fueling-americas-ev-revolution/
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