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Lead the most recycled product, with more than 6 million tons of it collected for reuse each year.

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Car batteries are being recycled near neighborhoods, schools, and community centers which is endangering people, and mostly children who tend to be more susceptible to infections.

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Around a third of the worlds children contains levels of lead in their blood above the 5 micro-grams per deciliter safety standard set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This equates to more then 800 million children living with lead above the safety standards.

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Children who are exposed to lead, will develop symptoms that may persist in them throughout the entirety of their life. It has been discovered that children who contain lead in their bloodstream are shown to have more irritable mood swings, lower attention spans, reduction in their IQ level, and have a more sensitive trigger for violent behavior.

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While many plants have been forced to shut down,, it still continues to be a problem considering that 85% of lead continues to be recycled.

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Governments in India, Africa, China, and the United States of America, all are aware of the growing death rates among children due to the improper disposal of lead. While they have made efforts to shut down a few factories, they are more concerned about profits then saving lives.

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Car companies around the world have made minimal efforts to overcome the rising pollution of lead. While car companies reduced the amount of lead additives in gasoline, they have made minimal efforts to shut down the recycling centers near schools, neighborhoods, and community centers.

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Pearce, F. (2020, November 02). Getting the Lead Out: Why Battery Recycling Is a Global Health Hazard. Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://e360.yale.edu/features/getting-the-lead-out-why-battery-recycling-is-a-global-health-hazard

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Worldwide there are up to 90,000 informal recycling plants currently operating, poisoning the environment and people.

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Deaths among children continue to rise in areas such as Mexico, Africa, and Southeast Asia. In Senegal alone, 18 children died in the past three months.

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UNICEF and organizations such as Pure Earth have continued to make efforts in order to convince local governments of environmental policies that should be enacted as a result of lead pollution.