Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 196, Issue -, Pages 450-461Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.11.004
Keywords
E-waste exposure; Heavy metals; Body burden; Human health; China
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- National Key Technologies RD Program [2014BAC03B04]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2013M540966]
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control [11Z02ESPCT]
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As the world's the largest dumping ground for e-waste, much of the population in China is exposed to heavy metals due to informal e-waste recycling processes. We reviewed recent studies on body burdens and human health effects of heavy metals from the major e-waste recycling sites in China. The results showed that the residents in the e-waste recycling sites are facing a potential higher daily intake of heavy metals. Moreover, heavy metals had entered subjects' bodies (the collected 5 tissue samples). Additionally, individual exposure to heavy metals in e-waste has also caused negative health outcomes, especially in neonates and children. We also recorded plausible outcomes associated with exposure to e-wast (to heavy metals). A precautionary approach toward exposure, especially in neonates and children, therefore seems warranted. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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