Michigan State Senator: Proposed Chinese Battery Plant Poses a Huge Danger to the Community

EXCERPT:

THEIS: “Their claim is that it’s perfectly safe, their claim is that there is no concerns about it at all. But here’s the truth about lithium. Lithium dust spontaneously explodes, just add water. A one-alarm fire on one million square feet, which is the smallest they proposed, one to five million, you need five trucks, 20 firefighters, and they need to be there right now.”

JONES: “Immediately?”

THEIS: “Immediately. The answer that I get when I ask the question, what’s your plan, of the township, was mutual aid. That means the other taxpayers are going to have to pay for it.”

JONES: “They say there’s no Chinese involvement.”

THEIS: “Gotion High-tech is the Chinese Communist Party-linked organization.”