Going critical: the raw cost of rare materials
2023
28
28-30
decarbonization ; raw material ; lithium ; carcinogens ; threshold limit values ; EU Commission ; health impact assessment ; battery manufacturing industry ; trade union document
Occupational safety and health
English
Bibliogr.;Photos
"European industry is ramping up its operations in the extraction and processing of ‘critical raw materials', deemed so for their economic importance and supply risk, particularly in the context of the energy transition. At the same time, however, the European Commission is signalling a retreat from chemicals regulation. By leaving lithium battery workers in countries such as Hungary vulnerable to industrial poisoning, is the bloc also putting the promises of the Green Deal at risk?"
Digital;Paper
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