Lead Batteries Likely To Be With Us A Long, Long Time: European Study

Lead is terrible stuff: damaging to humans in even small quantities, and persistent if it’s improperly disposed of. Nonetheless, it’s a central element of technology that has enabled a century of automobiles to be started via ignition keys rather than hand cranks–which occasionally broke the arms of hapless drivers. DON’T MISS: Who Knew? A Car… …read more