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© (Thomson Reuters 2025.Environmental workers race to clear toxic debris left by LA fires
By Chad Terhune ALTADENA, Calif©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Hervé L'Eisa
The largest of the highly toxic waste sources are the overly-hyped EVs and hybrid cars. There's a reality of how "green" EVs actually are. In the fires, those have melted into the ground like nuke waste.
virusrex
Source for this, the article clearly mentions lead and arsenic as very important pollutants after the fires, those are not components of the EV and hybrid batteries.
Hervé L'Eisa
Source (for those unable to do their own research).... EPA site on hazardous waste removal in the areas affected by the recent wildfires :
virusrex
Nothing in your source says the "largest" source are EVs or hybrid cars, it only says that it is included in what is removed. Are you recognizing your claim is false then?
iknowall
Absolutely the largest source in this mess. Horrible.
Hervé L'Eisa
The largest Li-ion batteries are in the vehicles. The second largest are the home storage systems. Simple facts.
nandakandamanda
They do not mention the huge battery plant fire fire that released far more toxicity last week.
virusrex
Still a baseless claim, even after being challenged. Repeating a false claim do not make it less false.
But that does not make it the largest source of toxic debris as you claimed those are two completely different things. If a 5-stories building had a full system of renewable energy with batteries that would be the largest in the area and it would not make it a significant source of the toxic debris.
Your simple facts do not support the claim you made.
Being a single source it would be understandable that the rest completely outweigh its importance, I mean the article clearly mentions lead and arsenic as important sources of toxicity, batteries for EV and hybrids do not contain lead nor arsenic.