Not only do such photographs show the extent of environmental destruction related to lithium extraction, but they also highlight other potential detrimental impacts from lithium leach fields. More than half of lithium extracted is used in the production of car batteries, according to the Minerals Education Coalition. And roughly a quarter is stored in the Salar de Atacama salt flats in northern Chile,” wrote the publication in its eco news section. “This region rich with natural deposits can be found where the borders of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet.
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Hegen’s photographs were featured by in February 2022, which described his work as providing “an overview of places where we extract, refine and consume resources with his latest series exposing the ‘Lithium Triangle.’” In an email to Snopes, Hegen confirmed that he had taken the photograph, but that he had not given permission to Dickie to republish it on Twitter and could not confirm the validity of the other comments made in the tweet. A reverse image search led us to the website of German photographer Tom Hegen, who featured the photograph as part of “The Lithium Series 1.” It appears to have been taken in Chile in 2021 near the Salar de Atacama salt flats, where a lithium extraction field is situated, south of the town San Pedro de Atacama. The picture itself is authentic, but we have only been able to partially verify the other claims made in the tweet. Pat yourself on the back for saving the environment. Take a guess what it does to your nervous system?
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It is so neuro-toxic that a bird landing on this stuff dies in minutes. This is what your Electric Car batteries are made of.