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Janet Kit Yan Chan
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 15
Citations - 1112
Janet Kit Yan Chan is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental exposure & Higher education. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 981 citations. Previous affiliations of Janet Kit Yan Chan include City University of Hong Kong & Hong Kong Baptist University.
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A review on the usage of POP pesticides in China, with emphasis on DDT loadings in human milk.
TL;DR: It is recommended to impose a tighter control on the use of DDT for vector control as well as for agricultural application, and conduct regular monitoring of DDTs concentrations in different ecological compartments which include air, water, sediment and biota.
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Environmental impact and human exposure to PCBs in Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in China.
TL;DR: It is indicated that commercial PCBs derived from e-waste recycling are major sources of PCBs accumulating in different environmental media, leading to the accumulation of high chlorinated biphenyls in human beings.
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Body loadings and health risk assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans at an intensive electronic waste recycling site in China.
Janet Kit Yan Chan,Guan Hua Xing,Ying Xu,Ying Liang,Ling Xuan Chen,Sheng Chun Wu,Chris K C Wong,Clement K.M. Leung,Ming Hung Wong +8 more
TL;DR: The results implicated that e-waste recycling operations cause prominent PCDD/F levels in the environment and in humans and the elevated body burden may have health implications for the next generation.
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A review of environmental fate, body burdens, and human health risk assessment of PCDD/Fs at two typical electronic waste recycling sites in China
TL;DR: There is an urgent need to control and monitor the informal e-waste recycling operations and knowledge gaps, such as comprehensive dietary exposure data, epidemiological and clinical studies, body burdens of infants and children, and kinetics about PCDD/Fs partitions among different human tissues should be addressed.
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Body burdens of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in childbearing-aged women at an intensive electronic-waste recycling site in China
Anna Oi Wah Leung,Janet Kit Yan Chan,Guan Hua Xing,Ying Xu,Sheng Chun Wu,Chris K C Wong,Clement K.M. Leung,Ming Hung Wong +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that primitive e-waste recycling in China leads to high PBDE body burdens in local residents and can threaten the health of infants.