[lazide]

Silicon Valley is full of cancer causing superfund sites due to improper disposal of chemicals used to produce semiconductors back in the 70’s and 80’s.

Solar panels are semiconductor based (the actual power generating parts are diodes, specifically).

If the chemicals are disposed of properly and workers wear the correct PPE, there are no measurable increases in cancer.

It’s a whole grab bag of chemicals, from TCE, Chromic Acid, Crystalline Silica, etc. etc. 130+ common ones with significant carcinogenic potential.

[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209379112...]

It’s similar to Nuclear. If proper precautions are followed? No increased risk.

If not, well - I’m unaware of any of the actinides that are good for anyone to be around. For starters.

[eru]

Thanks for bringing up the concrete example of Silicon Valley's chemicals.

Btw, just to be clear: overall both solar power and nuclear are very good technologies in terms of overall harm done per Joule produced. Much, much better than coal or oil. But we shouldn't pretend that the harm per Joule is literally zero; and we should also be honest about what harm there actually is, and not just what sounds plausible or good.