‘E-waste Pollution’ Threat to Human Health More Thrown out computers, televisions, printers, and mobile phones can have detrimental effects to human lung epithelial cells, according to a study published May 31, in Environmental Research Letters. Researchers took air samples from one of the larg...
E-waste is a growing and emerging global problem because plethora of toxic chemicals are released to the environment during dismantling, burning, and recycling processes. Therefore, for this purpose, the current chapter aims to investigate with special emphasis on e-waste associated impacts on the ...
Despite this surge, less than a quarter of the e-waste produced in 2022 was collected and recycled, leaving 62 billion U.S. dollars worth of recoverable resources unaccounted for and posing increased pollution risks to communities globally, it said. The report projects a further 33-percent incre...
also known as "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment", refers to electrical or electronic devices that are discarded and no longer used. The composition of e-waste is very complex, and it will cause land pollution and groundwater pollution. Lead, cadmium, mercury and their compounds...
Electronic waste is a name given to any piece of electronic equipment that is at the end of its useful life. Some of these products can be resold, refurbished, or dismantled to rescue resalable goods. Others, however, serve no “useful” purpose and are discarded. In 2008, there was 4.6...
Recycling e-waste recovers useful materials — including valuable metals such as gold or copper — that manufacturers can use to make new products. This reduces the energy required to mine, refine, and manufacture new materials and reduces pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Pro...
百度试题 结果1 题目E-waste (电子垃圾) becomes a new kind of in China.A. pollute B. pollution C. pollutes D. polluting 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 在中国,电子垃圾成为一种新的污染物。根据a kind of可知此处为名词。B.反馈 收藏
often hazardous to the biosphere. Melting down or incinerating electronic devices contributes to the increased presence of lead in landfills globally. Further, the emission of toxic fumes and gases is a leading factor in environmental degradation, climate change, pollution and contaminated water supply....
E-waste has been one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. While e-waste contains valuable materials such as aluminium, copper, gold, palladium and silver, it also contains harmful substances like cadmium, lead and mercury. In the absence of proper awareness, disposing e-waste in...
Jan 8, 2014Ewaste,Pollution Many people in developed countries seem to think that the electronics they dispose of float up into the magical used-technology land in the sky. Such is not the case. According toa recent report by the BBC, e-waste pollution is causing severe health concerns for...