{"id":4809,"date":"2022-02-19T07:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T06:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/we-are-afraid-erin-brockovich-pollutant-linked-to-global-electric-car-boom\/"},"modified":"2022-02-19T07:39:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T06:39:16","slug":"we-are-afraid-erin-brockovich-pollutant-linked-to-global-electric-car-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/we-are-afraid-erin-brockovich-pollutant-linked-to-global-electric-car-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are afraid\u2019: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Investigation uncovers evidence of contaminated air and water from one of Indonesia\u2019s largest nickel mines<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/series\/battery-life\">Read more in our Battery life series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Guardian investigation into nickel mining and the electric vehicle industry has found evidence that a source of drinking water close to one of Indonesia\u2019s largest nickel mines is contaminated with unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium (Cr6), the cancer-causing chemical more widely known for its role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/research\/erin-brockovich-carcinogen-tap-water-more-200-million-americans\">Erin Brockovich<\/a> story and film.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation also found evidence suggesting elevated levels of lung infections among people living close to the mine.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2022\/feb\/19\/we-are-afraid-erin-brockovich-pollutant-linked-to-global-electric-car-boom\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/349e1e25c7eef5a01f94bc5833b73cb014400b2f\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=453716577843c12b2b2ecae593a27a4c\" title=\"\u2018We are afraid\u2019: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom\" \/>Exclusive: Investigation uncovers evidence of contaminated air and water from one of Indonesia\u2019s largest nickel mines<br \/>\nRead more in our Battery life series<br \/>\nA Guardian investigation into nickel mining and the electric vehicle industry has found evidence that a source of drinking water close to one of Indonesia\u2019s largest nickel mines is contaminated with unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium (Cr6), the cancer-causing chemical more widely known for its role in the Erin Brockovich story and film.<br \/>\nThe investigation also found evidence suggesting elevated levels of lung infections among people living close to the mine. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Investigation uncovers evidence of contaminated air and water from one of Indonesia\u2019s largest nickel mines Read more in our Battery life series A Guardian investigation into nickel mining and the electric vehicle industry has found evidence that a source of drinking water close to one of Indonesia\u2019s largest nickel mines is contaminated with unsafe &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/we-are-afraid-erin-brockovich-pollutant-linked-to-global-electric-car-boom\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We are afraid\u2019: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}