Claim: Lithium leach fields are neurotoxic and kill birds within minutes of landing in them; leach ponds contents are what go into electric car batteries.
Fact-check: No evidence for sudden bird deaths from lithium evaporation ponds, contrary to claims in viral meme - Science Feedback
Verdict: unsupported
Organisation: Science Feedback
Author: Darrik Burns
Date published: 2024-08-30T15:52:22