Nigeria Closes Lead Recycling Factories Linked to U.S. Car ...
14 hours ago · Nigeria Closes Factories Linked to U.S. Auto Industry Amid Poisoning Inquiry Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad.
Nigeria Shuts Down Lead‑Recycling Plants Tied to the U.S ...
1 day ago · Nigeria’s decisive crackdown Earlier this month, Nigeria’s Ministry of Environment ordered the immediate closure of three lead‑recycling facilities that were linked to U.S. automotive suppliers.
In Nigerian town, recycling lead for US car batteries ...
Nov 19, 2025 · OGIJO, Nigeria — poisonous dust falls from the sky over this town. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards, and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories …
Nigeria Closes Factories Linked to U.S. Auto Industry Amid ...
1 day ago · A team of scientists arrived Tuesday in the industrial town of Ogijo, Nigeria, outside Lagos, to test the soil and air for lead. Officials have shut down recycling factories in the area and are …
Nigeria Shuts Battery Plants After Reports Reveal Lead Poisoning
Nov 28, 2025 · Nigeria shuts battery recycling plants after media reports reveal community poisoning Federal and state agencies closed plants in Ogun state following reporting by Premium Times, the …
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
Nov 29, 2025 · America’s auto industry touts battery recycling as an environmental success, but lead from those used-up batteries at smelting factories in Africa are poisoning people in the surrounding ...
Nigeria: Lead Poison - Nigerian Govt Shuts Down Recycling ...
Nov 26, 2025 · The Federal Government has shut down True Metals Nigeria Limited, a battery recycling company in the Ogijo community of Ogun State, following an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES and …