Block readily throw used batteries may pollute thousands of miles away

 

If a piece of land is mercury and other heavy metals, need 200 to 1,000 years to restore itself. Institute of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in Zhengzhou test geophysical and geochemical data, four test points, the lowest mercury ICIF Plaza.
10 o'clock yesterday morning, the South Gate Plaza Zhengzhou Museology Department, erected on the green "small stations" compelling.
Weather stations are crossing a lateral duct, connected to the car next to a white. Car filled with computers and equipment, a staff member in the instrument before the operation, record the data on a computer screen changes.

Institute of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences geophysical staff Liu Fei, introduced for the measurement of mercury in the urban area of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou City, they chose from southwest to northeast 4 points.
"We selected Yunmeng Hills, Bayside Kong Park, People's Park, Museology Plaza Zhengzhou city, this four green as the detection of a representative point, today is already the fourth station." Liu Fei said.
Staff Haugh said that the four places in Museology square air about 3 ng mercury / cubic meter, is the lowest value of all measuring points.
"Although not directly reflect the level of mercury in the value of air pollution, but in general the lower the value of mercury, the air the better." Haugh said.
Waste batteries(Dell Latitude D620 Battery) would pollute elsewhere
Mercury itself is highly neurotoxic, such as long-term use of mercury-containing substances, or living in an environment of excessive mercury can cause fetal malformations, cancer and other diseases. Laptop Batteries, fluorescent tubes, sphygmomanometer, thermometer, etc., and industrial wastewater, is the city a major source of mercury pollution.
Readily throw an old battery as Dell Inspiron 1100 battery, Notebook Battery of mercury into the soil will become gaseous mercury into the atmosphere of volatile cycle, there may be contamination elsewhere.
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