E-waste management and its effects on the environment and human health

R Rautela, S Arya, S Vishwakarma, J Lee… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Challenges in managing electronic waste (E-waste) arise from a lack of technical skills, poor
infrastructure, inadequate financial support, and inactive community engagement. This study …

Potential and current practices of recycling waste printed circuit boards: A review of the recent progress in pyrometallurgy

F Faraji, R Golmohammadzadeh, CA Pickles - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, a substantial amount of e-waste including waste printed circuit
boards (WPCBs) has been produced and is accumulating worldwide. More recently, the rate …

[图书][B] Children and digital dumpsites: e-waste exposure and child health

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
The burgeoning global market in electronic and electrical devices, combined with shorter
device life expectancies, is fuelling an unprecedented health crisis for children in the …

Source apportionment of heavy metals in agricultural soil based on PMF: A case study in Hexi Corridor, northwest China

Q Guan, F Wang, C Xu, N Pan, J Lin, R Zhao, Y Yang… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Hexi Corridor is the most important base of commodity grain and producing area for cash
crops. However, the rapid development of agriculture and industry has inevitably led to …

Impacts of heavy metals and soil properties at a Nigerian e-waste site on soil microbial community

B Jiang, A Adebayo, J Jia, Y Xing, S Deng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination is a serious problem worldwide threatening soil environment
and human health. In the present study, concentrations of 6 heavy metals at an electronic …

[HTML][HTML] Pollution characteristics, spatial distributions, and source apportionment of heavy metals in cultivated soil in Lanzhou, China

L Chai, Y Wang, X Wang, L Ma, Z Cheng, L Su - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
For the purpose of pollution assessment, human health risk assessment and quantitative
source apportionment of heavy metals in cultivated soils, a total of 382 cultivated soil …

Determination of heavy metal content of processed fruit products from Tehran's market using ICP-OES: a risk assessment study

AE Fathabad, N Shariatifar, M Moazzen… - Food and chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the levels of Cd, Hg, Sn, Al, Pb and As of 72 samples (36 samples for fruits
juices and 36 samples for fruits canned) of three different brands including of Peach …

Innovating e-waste management: From macroscopic to microscopic scales

X Zeng, C Yang, JF Chiang, J Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) has become a global
problem, due to its potential environmental pollution and human health risk, and its …

Internet of things and Big Data as potential solutions to the problems in waste electrical and electronic equipment management: An exploratory study

F Gu, B Ma, J Guo, PA Summers, P Hall - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is a vital part in
solid waste management, there are still some difficult issues require attentionss. This paper …

VOC emissions from asphalt pavement and health risks to construction workers

P Cui, G Schito, Q Cui - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) is used in the construction of highway roads, parking lots
and other pavement repairs in the US and worldwide. During asphalt pavement installation …