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Handling e-waste in developed and developing countries: initiatives, practices, and consequences.
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The faster growth of e-waste generated in the developing than in the developed world presages continued expansion of a pervasive and inexpensive informal processing sector, efficient in its own way, but inherently hazard-ridden.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 438 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Extended producer responsibility & Hazardous waste.read more
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Role of redox system in enhancement of phytoremediation capacity in plants
Mannal Mohamed Emam,Hemmat Khattab,Amal A. Morsy,Karima H. A. Salama,Mohamed Magdy F. Mansour +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview on the redox defense mechanisms that overcoming oxidative damage in heavy metal stressed plants, thus enhancing phytoremediation capacity. And they also discuss the molecular mechanisms involved in metal tolerance and the biotechnological approaches to improve PHYOREmediation efficiency.
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Environmental impact and health risk assessment of potentially toxic metals emanating from different anthropogenic activities related to E-wastes
A. A. Adenuga,Olufemi David Amos,Oluwatobi Deborah Olajide,Adebayo Oluwole Eludoyin,O.O. Idowu +4 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors assessed the environmental impacts and possible health risks of potentially toxic metals emanating from poorly managed e-wastes across three main representative sites in southwest Nigeria and analyzed for As, Cd, Pb, Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn.
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Protecting Environment, Managing E-Waste and Ensuring Development: Perspective on 'Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment' Situation in Guiyu, Agbogbloshie and Dhaka
TL;DR: In this paper, the socioeconomic consequences of e-wastes by focusing the detrimental effects that it created in China and Ghana, and attempts to outline what developing nations like Bangladesh can do to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of it.
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Electronic waste: an emerging contaminant in the geo-environment
Pankaj Pathak,Kumar Sushil +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors introduce the global perspective of e-waste and its different types, the environmental and health effects of ewaste, and its management, and demonstrate that e waste could act as a boon or a curse, depending on how it has been handled.
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E- Waste and Its Management
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss about the Ewaste, their composition, toxic substances present in E-waste and their harmful effects on the human health and ecosystem, and highlight the need of appropriate management of ewaste.
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E-waste: An assessment of global production and environmental impacts
TL;DR: Miniaturisation and the development of more efficient cloud computing networks, where computing services are delivered over the internet from remote locations, may offset the increase in E-waste production from global economic growth and theDevelopment of pervasive new technologies.
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Global perspectives on e-waste
TL;DR: The Basel Ban, an amendment to the Basel Convention that has not yet come into force, would go one step further by prohibiting the export of e-waste from developed to industrializing countries as discussed by the authors.
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Export of toxic chemicals – A review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling
Ming Hung Wong,Shengchun Wu,Wenjing Deng,X. Z. Yu,Qian Luo,Anna Oi Wah Leung,Coby S.C. Wong,W. J. Luksemburg,A. S. Wong +8 more
TL;DR: It is obvious that the environment is highly contaminated by these toxic chemicals derived from the recycling processes, especially on tracking the exposure pathways of different toxic chemicals which may affect the workers and local residents especially mothers, infants and children.
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Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil and combusted residue at Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in southeast China.
TL;DR: The crude processing of e-waste has become one of the major contributors of PBDEs and PCDD/Fs to the terrestrial environment and acid leaching and open burning emitted the highest concentrations.
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Heavy Metals Concentrations of Surface Dust from e-Waste Recycling and Its Human Health Implications in Southeast China
TL;DR: Risk assessment predicted that Pb and Cu originating from circuit board recycling have the potential to pose serious health risks to workers and local residents of Guiyu, especially children, and warrants an urgent investigation into heavy metal related health impacts.