Revision History for Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5198

David R. Wilburn

Flow of cadmium from rechargeable batteries in the United States, 1996–2007

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Posted online December 10, 2007

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Temporarily removed from Publications Warehouse September 26, 2008

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Revised and reposted September 21, 2009

• Revised report title to reflect updated data through 2007 instead of 2005.
• Updated the report to include 2006 and 2007 data.
• Added acknowledgement section.
• Modified the methodology such that “The quantity of cadmium annually used in batteries enclosed in products for specific end-use applications was estimated by integrating ITC trade data for these specific products, estimates of battery consumption for that particular end-use sector as provided by the International Cadmium Association [Morrow, 2005; International Cadmium Association, 2008], and Avicenne Developpement [Pillot, 2004, 2005, 2008].” Added description of modified methodology to text on pages 9-16 where necessary.
• Modified the text and graphics to reflect revised and updated data as needed. [p. 17-24, figures 1-8, tables 1-3].
• Added the following additional references to reflect updated sources of information.
	Battery Association of Japan, 2009 [p. 24].
	International Cadmium Association, 2008 [p. 25].
	Pillot, 2008 [p. 26].
	Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, 2008 [p. 28].
	Takao, 2008 [p. 29].
	Takeshita, 2008 [p. 29].
	Tolcin, 2008a, 2008b [p. 29].
• Deleted superseded references.
	Inform, Inc., 2005 [p. 25].
	Sheehan, 2003 [p. 29].
• Inserted text describing data from added references [p. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22].
• Modified conclusions and summary of data to conform to updated analysis [p. 6, 17-24].