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We report, you decide. we chronicled many of the problems for the solar power industry. here s a new one. our correspondent tells us after going bankrupt a company has left a lasting dangerous and expensive energy. reporter: when solar panel manufacturer abound solar filed for bankruptcy last summer it not only left taxpayers with a $60 million bill from a federal loan guarantee, but thousands of pallets of panels covered with toxic waste. cadmium is a toxic metal. it s suspected carcinogen that causes cancer. it also is a, if you breathe the dust of cadmium metal it can affect your kidneys. reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. so those facilities are big. there s a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be ....
We report, you decide. we chronicled many of the problems for the solar power industry. here s a new one. our correspondent tells us after going bankrupt a company has left a lasting dangerous and expensive energy. reporter: when solar panel manufacturer abound solar filed for bankruptcy last summer it not only left taxpayers with a $60 million bill from a federal loan guarantee, but thousands of pallets of panels covered with toxic waste. cadmium is a toxic metal. it s suspected carcinogen that causes cancer. it also is a, if you breathe the dust of cadmium metal it can affect your kidneys. reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. so those facilities are big. there s a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be ....