No. Red Brick Solar will utilize either crystalline silicon solar modules or thin-film photovoltaic modules—both of which are nontoxic. Crystalline panels use a crystal lattice of silicon atoms to convert sunlight into electricity. Silicon is the second-most-abundant material on Earth (after oxygen), the most common semiconductor used in computer chips, and is nontoxic. Learn more at https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/solar-photovoltaic-cell-basics.

Some communities have raised concern about thin-film photovoltaics, which can contain a compound called cadmium telluride (CdTe). However, these concerns have been shown to be unfounded. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable compound, and according to a 2019 study from Virginia Tech, CdTe photovoltaic installations pose little to no environmental health or safety risks (http://www.firstsolar.com/-/media/First-Solar/Sustainability-Documents/Sustainability-Peer-Reviews/Virgina-Tech-Peer-Review.ashx).