{
  "id": 16557017,
  "title": "SL faces toxic fallout from unregulated battery recycling, CEJ warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/sl-faces-toxic-fallout-from-unregulated-battery-recycling-cej-warns",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T00:05:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/sl-faces-toxic-fallout-from-unregulated-battery-recycling-cej-warns/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Ifham Nizam More than 5,000 metric tonnes of sulphuric acid could be entering Sri Lanka’s environment each year through improper lead-acid battery recycling, while more than 2,000 lead-smelting operations, reportedly operate across the country without adequate environmental safeguards, the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) has warned. The organisation said the scale of the industry […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}