Racist leftist environmentalists believe the lives of these people hacking open batteries with machetes are worth far less than the life of a Spiny Mottled Bush Cricket.
Where did this occur?
I once tried getting lead out of a lead acid battery - no luck. The lead is embedded in the plates with other materials. I can see why trying to recover it is dangerous, especially when done in those conditions.
As it is, Lithium Ion batteries now cost no more than Lead Acid batteries, so no need to deal with the lead...but, of course, plenty more to deal with when it comes to Lithium Ions.
White western environazis do not concern themselves with the plight of the victims of their environazism. It is about the feelz man. If some little African kids have to work as forced slaves breathing in toxic fumes so Al Gore can buy carbon credits and sleep well in his mansions so be it. There is a planet to save and the Africans are just eggs for the omelet. Greta will be proud of their sacrifice.
but but but GREEN ENERGY
The lefts dream is harming poor people. Again.
3.5 to 5.7 kilograms of lead is 10 to 15 pounds! The lethal dose delivered at 30 meters per second ( I made that up ) is a couple of grams. Lead poisoning is serious stuff and I think they mean milligrams when discussing lethal doses for adults. Another thing is that lead is nearly impossible to get rid of once it gets into the body. There is no nutritional value to lead and no natural mechanism for eliminating it.
A paper from this year...
Boy, does that open one mother of a can of worms...