Electronic waste (e-wasteHuman exposureMass emissionPollutantElectronic waste (e-waste) has become a pressing global pollution issue. The situation in China is more severe, due to largely primitive recycling of e-waste generated domestically and imported from o...
Due to the crude recycling process, many pollutants, such as persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals, are released from e-waste, which can easily accumulate in the human body through the inhalation of contaminated air. After exposing the cultured lung cells to the organic-soluble and water...
Waste sourced bio-based substances for solar-driven wastewater remediation: Photodegradation of emerging pollutants The effect of soluble bio-based organic substances (SBO) isolated from urban wastes on photochemical wastewater treatments was investigated using a mixture... J Gomis,A Bianco Prevot,E Mon...
according to research published inNature. However, most electronic waste still ends up in landfills or gets incinerated, wasting useful resources and releasing toxic chemicals and other pollutants — such as lead, mercury, and cadmium — into the soil, groundwater, and atmosphere to thedetriment ...
Zn) were analysed in surface soil samples from the Agbogbloshie e-waste processing and dumping site in Accra (Ghana). In order to identify which of the pollutants are likely to be linked specifically to handling of e-waste, samples were also collected from the Kingtom general waste site in...
Similarly, the pollution levels of heavy metals and some other organic pollutants (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polybrominated flame retardants) in environmental and biological samples exhibited decline with increasing distances from the center of multiple e-waste recycling areas in Thailand...
Impact of pollutants from e-waste on microbial communities. Pollutant GroupEnvironmental matrixNotesReferences PAHs, PBDEs and metals (Cu, Zn, and Pb) Soil in e-waste recycling sites in Pakistan and China The microbial community composition and diversity, at both whole and core community levels, ...
Priority pollutantsE-wasterecycling areaScreeningRisk assessmentIn China, most e-waste was processed in small sectors that lack of pollution control measures,causing serious local environment pollution. In order to get a full profile of environmental quality in e-wasterecycling areas, Chinese government...
In the investigation of sustainable materials, this study explores the viability of employing Lemon Activated Carbon (LAC) for the bio-adsorption of lead ions from e-waste bio-leachate. The novelty of this work lies in the comprehensive analyses of LAC characteristics, including particle size, surf...
From:International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition),2017 Related terms: Download as PDF Set alert About this page Organohalogen Pollutants and Human Health Prasada Rao S.Kodavanti,Bommanna G.Loganathan, inInternational Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition), 2017 ...