Xia Huo

TL;DR: It appeared that there was correlation between the BLLs in children and numbers of e-waste workshops, however, no significant difference in Hgb level or physical indexes was found between the two towns.

TL;DR: Pregnant women and young children living close to informal e-waste recycling sites are at risk of possible perturbations of fetus and child neurodevelopment.

TL;DR: Global, national, and local levels efforts must aim to create safe recycling operations that consider broad security issues for people who rely on e-waste processing for survival, and reduce pregnant women and children’s e-Waste exposures to mitigate harmful health effects.

TL;DR: There are close relationships between the BLLs, BCLs in children and the primitive e-waste recycling activities in Guiyu.

TL;DR: Heavy metals influence a number of diverse systems and organs, resulting in both acute and chronic effects on children's health, ranging from minor upper respiratory irritation to chronic respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, urinary and reproductive disease, as well as aggravation of pre-existing symptoms and disease.