One NiCad mobile phone or power tool battery is enough to pollute 600,000 litres of water, equivalent to a third of an Olympic sized swimming pool.
Much more about battery toxicity here:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... _14263165/
Environmental impact of batteries
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