Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    "we confirmed the mutagenesis observed using the supF reporter plasmid. DHA increased the mutation frequency, consistent with methylmethane sulfonate, a mutagen and clastogen. These data demonstrate DHA is a clastogen, inducing cell-specific genotoxicity and chromosomal instability. "

    I know, big words.

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      18 hours ago

      Yes, carcinogenic. Not “just as” carcinogenic.

      I am a biochemist. These are not big words to me. I actually read the findings section, not only the abstract.