metal / steel and ferromanganese or slag / steel and ferromanganese / car battery / high energy density / battery scrap metal / and the leftover metal / a very toxic heavy metal / metal varies by chemistry / then neutralized with a chemical bath / energy density / produce toxic heavy metal vapors / value for reclaimed metal / because there is a robust market for lead scrap metal / low energy / electronics / by‐products / higher energy density / limited applications / manufacturing / intake via the food chain / by the informal sector and sold to scrap metal dealers / zinc and steel / power systems / mercury and steel / secondary battery technology / phones and off‐grid lighting products / viewed as the predecessor to lithium‐based systems / chemicals / food / energy / steel / /
Organization
World Health Organization / States Environmental Protection Agency / Environmental Protection Agency / /
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