[VygmraMGVl]

This link's reference for "solar panels leach [cadmium] into the soil and water as the panels age" is a paper that simulated *landfill conditions* on CdTe solar cells. In the study linked, the solar panels were ball-milled and then suspended in anaerobic sludge.

This is not comparable to suggesting solar panels will leach cadmium and lead into the soil underneath them during their normal operation.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607867/

[rcxdude]

Also, most solar panels are not CdTe cells, the vast majority of the market are silicon cells (CdTe making <10% of the market).