Backyard battery recycling is biggest chemical polluter for poorer nations

Report finds mining, leather tanning, rubbish dumps and the dye industry among the most polluting industries harming health and causing early death The backyard recycling of lead-acid car batteries is the number one source of chemical pollution in the world’s poorer nations and leads to millions of years of healthy life being lost, according to a new report.The World’s Worst Pollution Problems, published by NGOs Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland on Tuesday, reveals the top 10 mo