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| The Lead Industry, represented by the International Lead Association, is committed to the safe production and use of lead. |
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A lead-acid battery is a vital component in each of the 60 million petrol and diesel vehicles produced worldwide each year as it is the only type of battery which can economically perform the tasks of starting the engine and operating electrical systems |
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Battery powered vehicles such as fork lift trucks are non-polluting, quiet and low on fuel and maintenance costs. Hospitals, the emergency services, telephone exchanges and public buildings rely on lead-acid batteries as back-up in case of mains power failure |
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80% of modern lead usage is in the production of batteries of which more than 90% are recycled |
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As a barrier to radiation, lead is unrivalled and essential in hospitals, dentists’ surgeries, laboratories and nuclear installations |
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A lead roof will outlast any other traditional building material, sometimes by hundreds of years |
