Will Fitzgibbon New York Times· 22 Dec, 2025 02:00 AM9 mins to read A worker unloading dead batteries from a vehicle at a breaking yard in Lagos, Nigeria, in April. Photo / Finbarr O’Reilly, The New York Times A worker unloading dead batteries from a vehicle at a breaking yard in Lagos, Nigeria, in April. Photo / Finbarr O’Reilly, The New York Times Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the indu...