A report has suggested that a Tesla lithium refinery in Robstown, Texas, could be exploiting a gap in testing to discharge two toxic metals and other concerning pollutants.
Nueces County Drainage District No. 2 asked for the test from Eurofins Environment Testing after local workers were alarmed to see that a pipe unknown to them was sending a black liquid into a drainage ditch, per The Texas Tribune.
Further testing detected hexavalent chromium and the “environmental poison” arsenic, both of which can pose severe health risks. Frank Lazarte, an attorney representing Nueces County Drainage District No. 2, called that “quite disturbing” in a cease-and-desist letter sent to Tesla…