When Light is Dark: Waste from Key Solar Cell Ingredient Damages Chinese Environment

A slightly different version of my article that appeared on blogcritics magazine. This discusses pollution revealed by a Washington Post article, caused by cheap manufaturing of polycrystalline silicon for solar panels. This pollution that is affecting rural Chinese in serious ways. The background to this story is discussed with references to technical details, though the article itself it written for nonscientists. I also add information from my recent interview of Chinese author Qiu Xiaolong.