By KAREN VELIE Following the the battery storage fire at Moss Landing, scientists found unusually high concentrates of heavy metals in the marsh soils at
Following the the battery storage fire at Moss Landing, scientists found unusually high concentrates of heavy metals in the marsh soils at Elkhorn Slough Reserve, according to a press release.
Soil tests performed following the fire showed a dramatic increase in nickel, manganese and cobalt, was found. Scientists studied soils in an approximately two-miles radius of the Vistra battery storage facility.
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