This paper concentrate on the occupational health hazards as a result of handling of e-waste by untrained persons and then proceeds to show the safe disposal methods for handling the large quantities of e-waste generated in this electronic era and thus finds a sustainable so...
Health Hazards of Medical Waste and its Disposal Book 2019,Energy from Toxic Organic Waste for Heat and Power Generation K.K.Padmanabhan,DebabrataBarik Explore book Abstract Medical waste is a source of generation of hazardous biomedical waste. Medical waste generation and disposal is an important as...
In South Korea, it has been found that biocides used to control and eliminate harmful organisms are used as humidifier disinfectants and cause lung disease in users. Hence, efforts have been focused on studying the toxicity of biocides in workers who han
Levels and potential health hazards of PCBs in shallow groundwater of an e-waste recycling area,China. Wu,C,Zhu,H,Luo,Y,Teng,Y,Song,J,Chen,M. Environ.Earth Sci . 2015Wu, C., Zhu, H., Luo, Y., Teng, Y., Song, J., Chen, M., 2015. Levels and potential health hazards of ...
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Cadmium (Cd) is one of the common toxic heavy metals (HMs), having harmful effects on the environment and potential health hazards allied with food chain contamination due to higher mobility, easy integration capacity in ion channels, and prolonged persistence. At present, Cd toxicity has become...
View PDF View chapter About the book Description Hazardous Waste Handbook for Health and Safety provides instructions and guidelines to supervisors responsible for occupational safety and health programs at hazardous waste sites. The manual presents the health and safety risks of hazardous waste sites; ...
governmental laws and regulations, specific hazards expected to be encountered, and proper safety and environmental precautions to be oblserved. 2 Have available, on-site, a copy of the Contractor’s written Safety Program and its written Hazard Communication Program, as required. 3. Have on-...
Informal recycling of waste (including e-waste) is an emerging source of environmental pollution in India. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinate
it has also led to the generation of one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world, popularly referred to as E-waste. Constituents of E-waste are both hazardous and nonhazardous and valuable, comprising of toxic elements (Cd, Cr, Hg, As, Pb, Se), radioactive active substances,...