The danger of waste batteries: The mercury in the waste batteries in nature will slowly spill out of the battery, into the soil or water, and then through the crops into the body, damage people's kidneys. Under the action of microorganisms, inorganic mercury can be converted into methyl mercury, gathered in the body of fish, people eat this kind of fish, methyl mercury will enter the human brain cells, so that the human nervous system is seriously affected, serious people will go crazy and die. The famous Minamata disease was caused by methylmercury. Cadmium seeps INTO SOIL AND WATER, EVENTUALLY ENTERING THE human body AND damaging the LIVER and KIDNEYS. It also causes bone weakness and, in severe cases, bone deformation. The leakage of acid and heavy metal lead from the waste batteries of automobiles into the nature can cause soil and water pollution, eventually causing harm to people.
