Old news from China (2011)
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LockH
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... and re "petrol" (gasoline) prices:
LockH
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Ermmm... speaking of old news from China, also from 2011 "China Shuts 90% of Lead-Acid Battery Makers in State Crackdown":
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-15/china-shuts-90-of-lead-acid-battery-makers-association-says.html
You no likee our stinkee lead acid??? (No problem, we just sell it to our Canadian friends!)
From that article "... after hundreds were poisoned in Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces in May and June. "
and:
"At least 600 people, including 103 children were found to suffer from lead poisoning in Zhejiang, the official Xinhua News Agency said June 12. Zhejiang and Guangdong are the two biggest producing regions, supplying 36 percent of total output, according to SMM Information & Technology Co. "
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-15/china-shuts-90-of-lead-acid-battery-makers-association-says.html
You no likee our stinkee lead acid??? (No problem, we just sell it to our Canadian friends!)
From that article "... after hundreds were poisoned in Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces in May and June. "
and:
"At least 600 people, including 103 children were found to suffer from lead poisoning in Zhejiang, the official Xinhua News Agency said June 12. Zhejiang and Guangdong are the two biggest producing regions, supplying 36 percent of total output, according to SMM Information & Technology Co. "
LockH
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Oh goody. Seems "BioMed Central" is "on the job". Published August, 2013 (so not so old), "Health hazards of China’s lead-acid battery industry: a review of its market drivers, production processes, and health impacts":
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/12/1/61
About that site:
"Environmental Health is a public health journal serving the public health community and scientists. Please note this is not the contact address for general environmental health enquiries and we are unable to advise on general environmental health issues.
Environmental Health c/o BioMed Central
236 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8HB
United Kingdom"
Ah, probably just a bunch of Commies.
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/12/1/61
About that site:
"Environmental Health is a public health journal serving the public health community and scientists. Please note this is not the contact address for general environmental health enquiries and we are unable to advise on general environmental health issues.
Environmental Health c/o BioMed Central
236 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8HB
United Kingdom"
Ah, probably just a bunch of Commies.
LockH
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"China Shuts Down 583 Lead-acid Battery Plants" (published 2011):
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2011/0805/207999.shtml
In part:
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2011/0805/207999.shtml
In part:
LockH
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"Car battery makers urge Beijing to bring in recycling rules", just published this month:
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-...ery-makers-urge-china-improve-regulation-over
In part:
In other words, up to 10 percent of "tired" US SLA batts are handled... how? (And China is "worse"?)
Wonder where they got that pic of a typical Toronto "rush day"? Probably some stock footage or something.
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-...ery-makers-urge-china-improve-regulation-over
In part:
In other words, up to 10 percent of "tired" US SLA batts are handled... how? (And China is "worse"?)
Wonder where they got that pic of a typical Toronto "rush day"? Probably some stock footage or something.
