The harm of waste batteries to the environment

Abandoned in nature battery mercury will slowly overflow from the battery, into the soil or water, again through the crops into the human body, kidney damage. Under the action of microorganisms, inorganic mercury can be converted into methyl mercury, gathered in the fish's body, people eating this fish, methyl mercury will enter the human brain cells, make the person's nervous system is severely damaged, the person that weigh will go crazy to death. The famous Japanese minamata disease is caused by methyl mercury. Cadmium pollution of land and water, finally enter the body of the liver and kidney damage, also can cause bone loose, the person that weigh cause bone deformation. Car battery acid and heavy metal lead is contained in leaked to nature can cause soil and water pollution, eventually harm to people.

We know that the market is now popular mercury-free environmental protection battery! Relative to the environmental pollution of carbon batteries, alkaline batteries do not contain mercury, cadmium and other hazardous substances, even if he abandoned in the wild, also won't because of the leakage of mercury pollution in water and soil. When buy, as long as see whether for mercury-free alkaline batteries, will know whether environmental protection batteries.

Recycling waste battery: the popularity of household electrical appliances and the increase of species, makes the battery usage increased accordingly. Waste batteries in the garbage, not only pollute the environment, but also a waste. The battery consumption for 3 billion only, because there was no recovery and lost copper 740 tons, 16000 tons of zinc and manganese powder 97000 tons. We should separate the used batteries and other junk, together sent to recycling.

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