PMID- 34802823
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220127
LR  - 20220127
IS  - 1873-3336 (Electronic)
IS  - 0304-3894 (Linking)
VI  - 426
DP  - 2022 Mar 15
TI  - Toxic chemicals from uncontrolled e-waste recycling: Exposure, body burden, 
      health impact.
PG  - 127792
LID - S0304-3894(21)02761-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127792 [doi]
AB  - Uncontrolled electronic-waste (e-waste) recycling processes have induced serious 
      environmental pollution and human health impacts. This paper reviewed studies on 
      the wide range of toxic chemicals through the use of primitive recycling 
      techniques, their transfer to various ecological compartments, and subsequent 
      health impacts. Results indicated that local food items were heavily polluted by 
      the pollutants emitted, notably heavy metals in vegetables, rice, fish and 
      seafood, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in livestock. Dietary exposure 
      is the most important exposure pathway. The associations between exposure to 
      e-waste and high body burdens of these pollutants were evident. It seems apparent 
      that toxic chemicals emitted from e-waste activities are causing a number of 
      major illnesses related to cardiovascular, digestive and respiratory systems, 
      according to the information provided by a local hospital (Taizhou, an e-waste 
      recycling hot spot in China). More epidemiological data should be made available 
      to the general public. It is envisaged that there are potential dangers of toxic 
      chemicals passing on to the next generation via placental transfer and lactation. 
      There is a need to monitor the development and health impacts of infants and 
      children, born and brought up in the e-waste sites.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Lin, Siyi
AU  - Lin S
AD  - State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface 
      Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil 
      and Groundwater Pollution Control, Southern University of Science and Technology, 
      Shenzhen 518055, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological 
      Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 
      China.
FAU - Ali, Muhammad Ubaid
AU  - Ali MU
AD  - State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface 
      Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil 
      and Groundwater Pollution Control, Southern University of Science and Technology, 
      Shenzhen 518055, China.
FAU - Zheng, Chunmiao
AU  - Zheng C
AD  - State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface 
      Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil 
      and Groundwater Pollution Control, Southern University of Science and Technology, 
      Shenzhen 518055, China.
FAU - Cai, Zongwei
AU  - Cai Z
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of 
      Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
FAU - Wong, Ming Hung
AU  - Wong MH
AD  - State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface 
      Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil 
      and Groundwater Pollution Control, Southern University of Science and Technology, 
      Shenzhen 518055, China; Consortium on Health, Environment, Education and Research 
      (CHEER), Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education 
      University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: 
      minghwong@eduhk.hk.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20211114
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Hazard Mater
JT  - Journal of hazardous materials
JID - 9422688
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Metals, Heavy)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Body Burden
MH  - Child
MH  - China
MH  - *Electronic Waste/analysis
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis/toxicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - *Metals, Heavy/analysis
MH  - Placenta
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Recycling
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Environmental compartments
OT  - Epidemiological data
OT  - Food
OT  - Human tissues
OT  - Persistent toxic substances
EDAT- 2021/11/23 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/28 06:00
CRDT- 2021/11/22 05:50
PHST- 2021/06/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/11/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/11/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/28 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/11/22 05:50 [entrez]
AID - S0304-3894(21)02761-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127792 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hazard Mater. 2022 Mar 15;426:127792. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127792. Epub 
      2021 Nov 14.