TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention-intervention strategies to reduce exposure to e-waste
AU - Heacock, Michelle
AU - Trottier, Brittany
AU - Adhikary, Sharad
AU - Asante, Kwadwo Ansong
AU - Basu, Nil
AU - Brune, Marie-Noel
AU - Caravanos, Jack
AU - Carpenter, David
AU - Cazabon, Danielle
AU - Chakraborty, Paromita
AU - Chen, Aimin
AU - Diaz Barriga, Fernando
AU - Ericson, Bret
AU - Fobil, Julius
AU - Haryanto, Budi
AU - Huo, Xia
AU - Joshi, T. K.
AU - Landrigan, Philip
AU - Lopez, Adeline
AU - Magalini, Frederico
AU - Navasumrit, Panida
AU - Pascale, Antonio
AU - Sambandam, Sankar
AU - Aslia Kamil, Upik Sitti
AU - Sly, Leith
AU - Sly, Peter
AU - Suk, Ann
AU - Suraweera, Inoka
AU - Tamin, Ridwan
AU - Vicario, Elena
AU - Suk, William
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PY - 2018/6/27
Y1 - 2018/6/27
N2 - As one of the largest waste streams, electronic waste (e-waste) production continues to grow in response to global demand for consumer electronics. This waste is often shipped to developing countries where it is disassembled and recycled. In many cases, e-waste recycling activities are conducted in informal settings with very few controls or protections in place for workers. These activities involve exposure to hazardous substances such as cadmium, lead, and brominated flame retardants and are frequently performed by women and children. Although recycling practices and exposures vary by scale and geographic region, we present case studies of e-waste recycling scenarios and intervention approaches to reduce or prevent exposures to the hazardous substances in e-waste that may be broadly applicable to diverse situations. Drawing on parallels identified in these cases, we discuss the future prevention and intervention strategies that recognize the difficult economic realities of informal e-waste recycling.
AB - As one of the largest waste streams, electronic waste (e-waste) production continues to grow in response to global demand for consumer electronics. This waste is often shipped to developing countries where it is disassembled and recycled. In many cases, e-waste recycling activities are conducted in informal settings with very few controls or protections in place for workers. These activities involve exposure to hazardous substances such as cadmium, lead, and brominated flame retardants and are frequently performed by women and children. Although recycling practices and exposures vary by scale and geographic region, we present case studies of e-waste recycling scenarios and intervention approaches to reduce or prevent exposures to the hazardous substances in e-waste that may be broadly applicable to diverse situations. Drawing on parallels identified in these cases, we discuss the future prevention and intervention strategies that recognize the difficult economic realities of informal e-waste recycling.
KW - electronic recycling
KW - electronic waste (e-waste)
KW - environmental health
KW - global health
KW - intervention
KW - prevention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047056051&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/reveh-2018-0014
DO - 10.1515/reveh-2018-0014
M3 - Article
C2 - 29750656
AN - SCOPUS:85047056051
SN - 0048-7554
VL - 33
SP - 219
EP - 228
JO - Reviews on Environmental Health
JF - Reviews on Environmental Health
IS - 2
ER -