Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most polluting industry, i.e. battery recycling, to Africa. People are getting sick.

This is my second blog in two days about dubious business practices by Indian companies. The first one was about cough syrup for children.

It seems, the ascending superpower India has some clean up to do.

"Battery recycling is considered one of the most polluting industries in the world, with related lead contamination afflicting surrounding environments for generations, and the body “for a lifetime.”

While the process has become more regulated in India, companies there have moved the toxic industry to African nations with few protections. 

In a must-read investigation, The Examination, The Museba Project, and Ghana Business News looked at the toll Indian-owned battery recycling plants take on surrounding communities. ..."

Indian companies are bringing the world’s most polluting industry to Africa. People are getting sick. | The Examination Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.

Credits: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW

The Examination commissioned blood tests of people who live near the Metssa Congo plant and had them analyzed for lead levels by a laboratory in France.