One of the largest lithium -ion battery storage facilities in the world Burst into flames At the Montery County, researchers in a nearby garden as the homeland of many dangerous organisms have discovered heavy metals.
San Jose State University scientists recorded a dramatic increase in Nickel, Manganese and Cobalt – Lithium -ion batteries – Elcorn Slow Reserve Soil samples.
Toxic metals threaten to regret the subtle environmental system in the Elcorn Slow, which plays an important role in the sorting of the state's second largest shore and carbon emissions and protecting the coast from sea level.

Moss Landing Conducts a Soil Model on the Ivano Ayllo Elcorn Slow Reserve.
(San Jose State University / Moss Landing Marine Labses)
Anello, who has been monitoring the dull environmental conditions for more than a decade, said she was shocked by the results.
The concentration of nickel, manganese and cobalt measured on the surface of the soil is compared to the sizes of hundreds of thousands of times or deeper in the soil than the sizes in the surface soil before fire.
“I was wondering if there was something related to this fire,” Aello said. “I'm not sure I'm going to find the greater concentration of those metals.”
On Tuesday, Montery County Supervisor Glenn Church called the discoveries “very confusing” and worried that the future data will be revealed. The effects of flames that are unprecedented. The fire burned on January 16, burned for five days, and eventually destroyed 80% of batteries inside the building, which is 18 miles north of Montery.
Assemblimber Don Adice (T-Moro Bay) said in a statement on Monday that “one of our most cherished and weak environmental systems” is “deeply concerned” about the concentration of heavy metals.
“These concentrations are directly connected to the battery energy storage fire,” he said.
The battery storage site belongs to the Texas -based Wistra Energy. A spokesman said that the company was aware of the data of San Jose on Tuesday and that he was working with local health institutions to determine the next steps. Vistara is also completing its own inquiry into the fire and environmental surveillance around the plant, the spokesman said.
The Elcorn Slaff Reserve was closed from January 17 to January 21, while it and residential areas near the power station were under the discharge orders due to fire. This is now open to the audience.
Decided to have initial air quality monitoring from the US Environmental Protection Organization There is no risk of public health It is presented by the sizes of the particles released during the fire and the hydrogen fluoride gas. Hydrogen fluoride is a high toxic gas produced by lithium -ion battery fire, causing severe respiratory damage and skin and eye burns.
The EPA does not plan to conduct soil or water testing, instead of local and state health institutions.
The Montery County Health Department said he was grateful for the raid conducted by the Aello on Monday and that it was planning to provide early decisions from its own soil and water samples this weekend.
The Department of California Public Health, California Environmental Protection Institute and State Infection Experts have stated that “research, evaluate any health concerns, and determine the relevant measures of moving forward.”
Soil samples of the state of San Jose state say that long -term environmental and health effects from toxic disadvantages can be affected, Illo said.
His laboratory is now trying to collect data in “emergency mode” and tries to understand how heavy metals can affect the environmental system. Scientists have collected soil samples from more than 100 places in two miles of the plant since January 22.
“The soil now has a layer of heavy metals. I am not sure what is going to happen. Is it washed? Is it going to penetrate groundwater? Is it going to focus on it?” He said.
The Elcorn Slow contains more than 700 types of plants, animals and sea life, including dangerous and threatened organisms such as the South Sea Otter, Santa Cruz Long-Cal Solomander and California Brown Beligan.
Its marshlands store large amounts of carbon and help to alleviate climate change. The garden helps to prevent coastal erosion and absorb the effects of sea level rise.
Supervisor Church said the question of whether the plant should be located near the environmental sensitive area. He and his fellow board members passed a resolution last week, and the battery storage facility should be offline until a thorough investigation was completed and new security measures were implemented.
After the flames, legislator Adisis introduced the new law, which should be told to the local government in the process of allowing battery or energy storage facilities, and natural habitats are to establish such sites from schools, hospitals and schools.
“Real climate solutions should benefit – not harm – our communities and natural environment,” he said in a statement. “We must continue to fight to add social voice and set up battery energy storage facilities.”
American clean power Azn. Opposed his plan, The Assembly Bill 303It puts excessive strict restrictions on the clean energy industry.
“The best way to improve security across the state of California is to implement the latest version of the National Fire Safety Quality for Battery Energy Savings,” ACP-California Managing Director Alex Jackson said in a statement. “This program loses identity. Its wide controls will make it difficult to keep the lights in California.”