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Solar panels, long touted as a green alternative to traditional energy, could be an "environmental danger" according to an explosive new report from the LA Times. Back In 2006, California offered massive subsidies to homeowners if they purchased solar panels and installed them on their roofs. An estimated 1.3 million homes now have solar panels in the golden state. Now they have a problem Solar panels only have a 25-year life cycle. Now ending up in California dumps where "components that contain toxic heavy metals such as selenium and cadmium can contaminate groundwater." Handling disposal according to a The LA Times report says that "as California barreled ahead on its renewable-energy program... questions about how to handle the toxic waste that would accrue years later were never fully addressed." Sam Vanderhoof, a solar industry expert, says only 1 in 10 panels is properly recycled. Big picture: This isn't just a California problem. Roughly 140,000 solar panels are installed every day across the U.S. Finding out now that most states classify solar panels are 'hazardous materials"? Most people don't know that.