Health hazards resulting from exposure to heavy metals generated during the incineration of electronic and electrical waste in developing countries on the example of Agbogbloshie

Journal of Education, Health and Sport

Adriana Wielgus¹  Katarzyna Sas¹  Ewa Zieliński²  Walery Zukow³ 

[1] Chair and Institute of Pedagogy and Teaching Nursing Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz,Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Torun;Chair of Emergency Medicine and Medicine Disaster Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz,Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun,;Department of Spatial Management and Tourism, Faculty of Earth Sciences,Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun;

关键词: e-waste;    heavy metals;    Agbogbloshie;    Ghana;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Combustion of electro-waste is one of the basic methods of e-waste processing in developing countries. When burning mobile phones, computers, TVs, cables and household appliances, toxic fumes containing acid gases, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), dioxins and heavy metals are released into the atmosphere and the soil. Personal air samples collected from workers and the environment air samples in Agbogbloshie indicated elevated levels for aluminum, copper, iron, zinc and lead. The article discusses the negative effects of exposure to the some indicated most dangerous heavy metals for human health.

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