Lead Acid Battery Recycling In India

Air and blood lead levels in lead acid battery recycling and manufacturing plants in Kenya.

The concentration of airborne and blood lead (Pb) was assessed in a Pb acid battery recycling plant and in a Pb acid battery manufacturing plant in Kenya. In the recycling plant, full-shift area samples taken across 5 days in several production sections showed a mean value ± standard deviation (SD) of 427 ± 124 μg/m(3), while area samples in the office area had a mean ± SD of 59.2 ± 22.7 μg/m(3...

Mass Lead Intoxication from Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery Recycling in Dakar, Senegal

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Between November 2007 and March 2008, 18 children died from a rapidly progressive central nervous system disease of unexplained origin in a community involved in the recycling of used lead-acid batteries (ULAB) in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. We investigated the cause of these deaths. METHODS Because autopsies were not possible, the investigation centered on clinic...

Childhood Lead Exposure from Battery Recycling in Vietnam

BACKGROUND Battery recycling facilities in developing countries can cause community lead exposure. OBJECTIVE To evaluate child lead exposure in a Vietnam battery recycling craft village after efforts to shift home-based recycling outside the village. METHODS This cross-sectional study evaluated 109 children in Dong Mai village, using blood lead level (BLL) measurement, parent interview, and...

Advanced Lead Acid Battery Development

Past, present and future of lead battery recycling

Even today, the use of Lead-acid batteries is projected for the next 50 years. On the other hand, the legislative trend concerning human health and the environment makes evident the need for future innovation on recycling technologies. For this reason, the entire world is working, in the short term, in optimizing and adapting technologies, which today we consider BAT (Best Available Technologie...