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The auto industry touts battery recycling as an environmental success story. But in Ogijo, Nigeria, recycling factories that supply lead to the U.S. auto industry spew toxic lead dust over homes, schools and farms.
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Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The auto industry touts battery recycling as an environmental success story. But in Ogijo, Nigeria, recycling factories that supply lead to the U.S. auto industry spew toxic lead dust over homes, schools and farms.
Read our investigation with @nytimes.com:
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Read our investigation with @nytimes.com:
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
In this week’s newsletter: Automakers knew lead recycling was poisoning people – and didn’t act.
Plus: Battles at COP11 over whether Big Tobacco is hijacking “harm reduction” and toxic gas flaring drives a public health crisis in Iran
Plus: Battles at COP11 over whether Big Tobacco is hijacking “harm reduction” and toxic gas flaring drives a public health crisis in Iran
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November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In this week’s newsletter: Automakers knew lead recycling was poisoning people – and didn’t act.
Plus: Battles at COP11 over whether Big Tobacco is hijacking “harm reduction” and toxic gas flaring drives a public health crisis in Iran
Plus: Battles at COP11 over whether Big Tobacco is hijacking “harm reduction” and toxic gas flaring drives a public health crisis in Iran
Automakers celebrate their efforts to source materials ethically, but most of them ignore lead — even though some of the lead in conventional car batteries comes from recycling plants in developing countries that spew poisonous smoke into the air.
The auto industry was warned: Battery recycling was poisoning people
Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Automakers celebrate their efforts to source materials ethically, but most of them ignore lead — even though some of the lead in conventional car batteries comes from recycling plants in developing countries that spew poisonous smoke into the air.
The American auto industry has known for decades that factories producing lead for use in conventional car batteries are poisoning people – but they have done little to stop it.
The auto industry was warned: Battery recycling was poisoning people
Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The American auto industry has known for decades that factories producing lead for use in conventional car batteries are poisoning people – but they have done little to stop it.
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Lead can be recycled cleanly, but automakers like Ford and GM source batteries made by companies that use lead from unsafe factories overseas. Our investigation with @NYT shows how car battery recycling is poisoning a community in Nigeria. bit.ly/3XBhrdo
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lead can be recycled cleanly, but automakers like Ford and GM source batteries made by companies that use lead from unsafe factories overseas. Our investigation with @NYT shows how car battery recycling is poisoning a community in Nigeria. bit.ly/3XBhrdo
The auto industry touts battery recycling as an environmental success story. But in Ogijo, Nigeria, recycling factories that supply lead to the U.S. auto industry spew toxic lead dust over homes, schools and farms.
Read our investigation with @nytimes.com:
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Read our investigation with @nytimes.com:
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
www.theexamination.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The auto industry touts battery recycling as an environmental success story. But in Ogijo, Nigeria, recycling factories that supply lead to the U.S. auto industry spew toxic lead dust over homes, schools and farms.
Read our investigation with @nytimes.com:
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Read our investigation with @nytimes.com:
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
70% of residents we tested in Ogijo, Nigeria, had harmful levels of lead in their blood. Our field tests in Africa’s battery recycling capital reveal the human costs of a murky supply chain.
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How we linked the auto industry to lead poisoning in Nigeria
Blood and soil testing confirmed the health consequences. Then we tracked individual shipments to the United States.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
70% of residents we tested in Ogijo, Nigeria, had harmful levels of lead in their blood. Our field tests in Africa’s battery recycling capital reveal the human costs of a murky supply chain.
www.theexamination.org/articles/aut...
www.theexamination.org/articles/aut...
Lead recycling can be done safely – but automakers like Ford and GM buy from battery companies that source some of their lead from overseas factories that cut costs and spew toxic smoke into the air. Here’s how that’s poisoning a town in Nigeria.
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
www.theexamination.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Lead recycling can be done safely – but automakers like Ford and GM buy from battery companies that source some of their lead from overseas factories that cut costs and spew toxic smoke into the air. Here’s how that’s poisoning a town in Nigeria.
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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5/ The supply chain for lead batteries is so complex and involves so many different players that it has effectively been engineered to avoid accountability. Every link in the chain may plausibly claim that poisoning people in Nigeria was someone else's fault.
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
5/ The supply chain for lead batteries is so complex and involves so many different players that it has effectively been engineered to avoid accountability. Every link in the chain may plausibly claim that poisoning people in Nigeria was someone else's fault.
Read our latest investigation with @nytimes.com 👇 www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Read our latest investigation with @nytimes.com 👇 www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
In Ogijo, Nigeria, 70% of residents tested had lead poisoning. Local leaders say they need the jobs provided by car battery recyclers. The lead they produce ends up in batteries made for Honda, Ford and others. Read our investigation with @nytimes.com → bit.ly/4oDRtBW
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In Ogijo, Nigeria, 70% of residents tested had lead poisoning. Local leaders say they need the jobs provided by car battery recyclers. The lead they produce ends up in batteries made for Honda, Ford and others. Read our investigation with @nytimes.com → bit.ly/4oDRtBW
WATCH NOW: Our new short documentary on how global demand for lead batteries has fueled lead poisoning in Ogijo, Nigeria, the recycling capital of Africa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjlt...
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
WATCH NOW: Our new short documentary on how global demand for lead batteries has fueled lead poisoning in Ogijo, Nigeria, the recycling capital of Africa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjlt...
Lead can be recycled cleanly, but automakers like Ford and GM source batteries made by companies that use lead from unsafe factories overseas. Our investigation with @NYT shows how car battery recycling is poisoning a community in Nigeria. bit.ly/3XBhrdo
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lead can be recycled cleanly, but automakers like Ford and GM source batteries made by companies that use lead from unsafe factories overseas. Our investigation with @NYT shows how car battery recycling is poisoning a community in Nigeria. bit.ly/3XBhrdo
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November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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An “independent” nicotine researcher expected to speak on the sidelines of #FCTCCOP11 was paid thousands by Juul. Plus, questions over the impact in the EU of “forever chemicals”, while U.S. inspections of foreign food exporters hit record lows amid Trump-era safety cuts. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4oF5KOS
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November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
An “independent” nicotine researcher expected to speak on the sidelines of #FCTCCOP11 was paid thousands by Juul. Plus, questions over the impact in the EU of “forever chemicals”, while U.S. inspections of foreign food exporters hit record lows amid Trump-era safety cuts. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4oF5KOS
A researcher has called an investigation into his links with the vaping industry a “witch hunt.” But records show he was paid €7,000 by Juul to oppose Israel’s ban on high-nicotine vapes. Read our latest investigation with @lemonde.fr and @reportersunited.gr 👉 bit.ly/43nAzit
‘Independent’ expert who helped shape global vaping debate was paid thousands by Juul
A Greek physician who has extensively studied nicotine was paid by Juul to lobby against Israeli vaping regulations. He didn’t disclose the payment in his research.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A researcher has called an investigation into his links with the vaping industry a “witch hunt.” But records show he was paid €7,000 by Juul to oppose Israel’s ban on high-nicotine vapes. Read our latest investigation with @lemonde.fr and @reportersunited.gr 👉 bit.ly/43nAzit
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November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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In this week’s newsletter: While India has pledged to slash emissions amid major health impacts, energy demands are seeing a spate of new coal plants coming online. Plus, global health updates across our beats.👇 www.theexamination.org/newsletter?u...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In this week’s newsletter: While India has pledged to slash emissions amid major health impacts, energy demands are seeing a spate of new coal plants coming online. Plus, global health updates across our beats.👇 www.theexamination.org/newsletter?u...
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The @theexamination.org found that nearly $300 million in sustainability-linked loans went to companies in polluting industries such as fossil fuels and mining between 2018 and 2023.
Learn more in this methodology by RIN Fellow @sashachavkin.bsky.social. 👇 bit.ly/4e6gfX8
Learn more in this methodology by RIN Fellow @sashachavkin.bsky.social. 👇 bit.ly/4e6gfX8
How We Revealed Mega-Polluters Taking Advantage of Green Loans
In recent years, banks and corporations have poured trillions of dollars into finance they label as “green” or “sustainable.” Their claims about what this money will achieve sound impressive, but in.....
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October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The @theexamination.org found that nearly $300 million in sustainability-linked loans went to companies in polluting industries such as fossil fuels and mining between 2018 and 2023.
Learn more in this methodology by RIN Fellow @sashachavkin.bsky.social. 👇 bit.ly/4e6gfX8
Learn more in this methodology by RIN Fellow @sashachavkin.bsky.social. 👇 bit.ly/4e6gfX8
California moves to ban toxic chemicals like formaldehyde in hair relaxers. Plus: oil giant Petronas knew for a decade that their South Sudan oil fields caused devastating birth defects.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
California moves to ban toxic chemicals like formaldehyde in hair relaxers. Plus: oil giant Petronas knew for a decade that their South Sudan oil fields caused devastating birth defects.
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A U.K. lawmaker opposing a plan to ban smoking for future generations discussed it with a family member at British American Tobacco. When asked by @theexamination.org and @theguardian.com, he questioned whether that counted as lobbying. 👇
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Lawmaker with family ties to British American Tobacco attempts to stop UK smoking ban
Lord Strathcarron didn’t publicly disclose his family connection even as he adopted the tobacco giant’s position on a “smoke-free generation” bill.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A U.K. lawmaker opposing a plan to ban smoking for future generations discussed it with a family member at British American Tobacco. When asked by @theexamination.org and @theguardian.com, he questioned whether that counted as lobbying. 👇
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In this week’s newsletter: A new investigation into why so few countries have won payouts from tobacco companies to cover the health costs of smoking. Plus: skin products containing high levels of mercury are sold on Amazon. 👇 www.theexamination.org/newsletter?u...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In this week’s newsletter: A new investigation into why so few countries have won payouts from tobacco companies to cover the health costs of smoking. Plus: skin products containing high levels of mercury are sold on Amazon. 👇 www.theexamination.org/newsletter?u...