Next Level Green Companies

Currently, one of the main sources of lead and cadmium in our environment is from zinc-rich paints.  This article describes how wind turbine companies, which are one of the main forms of renewable energy, used these zinc-rich paints to coat their turbines with different categories of paints dependent on different types of turbines being created.  Within these paints, there are zinc powders that release into the atmosphere when the turbines erode and decay.  These paints are even more dangerous as they also contain lead and cadmium powders, which are also dangerous heavy metals that can leach into sediments and contaminate fresh water supplies.  However, while low lead and cadmium concentration paints are available many industries continue to use high lead and cadmium containing paints.  Turbine companies are beginning to create a "green standard" that would require suppliers to create low heavy metal paints for their turbines. New meaning to green companies?