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Isn’t the amount of lead in car batteries more of a concern than on PC boards assembled with tin-lead solder?

April 26, 2017assembled batteries car isn’t lead pc solder tin-lead

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Isn’t the amount of lead in car batteries more of a concern than on PC boards assembled with tin-lead solder?

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Of the 13.5 metric tons per year of the worldwide lead consumption, storage (car) batteries account for 80% vs. only 0.6% for electronic solders. However storage batteries are almost 100% recycled, and unlike electronic equipment do not end up in a landfill.