At first glance, a cracked solar panel can be alarming. Many people see damage like that and immediately wonder, "Are harmful chemicals now leaking into the soil?" It is a reasonable question, but according to a six-page science-based fact sheet authored by Taylor Curtis with the National Laboratory of the Rockies and Annick Anctil with Michigan State University, the evidence does not support the belief that damaged solar panels pose a significant contamination risk to soil or groundwater.
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Cracked solar panels raise questions
A cracked solar panel caused by a hard impact is not a threat to the surrounding environment.
