Contamination Status of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Released through Primitive E-waste Recycling and Related Future Issues
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- Kajiwara Natsuko
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Research Center for Material Cycle and Waste Management
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- Takigami Hidetaka
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Research Center for Material Cycle and Waste Management
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- 不適正なE-waste処理に伴うポリ臭素化ジフェニルエーテル汚染の現状と課題
- フテキセイ ナ E waste ショリ ニ トモナウ ポリ シュウソカ ジフェニルエーテル オセン ノ ゲンジョウ ト カダイ
- Contamination status of polybrominated diphenyl ethers released through promitive e-waste recycling and related future issues
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Abstract
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are one of the additive flame retardants widely used in plastics, textiles, and electronic appliances including computers, televisions etc. PBDEs are of concern due to their persistence, bioaccumulation, and possible adverse effects in wildlife and humans. Recently, the export of electrical and electronic equipment waste (E-waste) from developed to developing countries has become a growing environmental issue owing to concerns about improper recycling of these goods in developing countries. A survey of the available scientific literature was conducted in order to gather hard data on workplace and environmental pollution, human exposure to PBDEs and the resulting adverse effects due to primitive E-waste recycling. As a result, serious environmental pollution by toxic chemicals including PBDEs has become obvious in villages where e-waste recycling takes place. There is growing evidence that primitive E-waste recycling in developing countries in Asia leads to high PBDE body burdens in local residents and can potentially threaten human health.
Journal
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- Material Cycles and Waste Management Research
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Material Cycles and Waste Management Research 22 (2), 159-168, 2011
Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205482391296
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- NII Article ID
- 10029132679
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- NII Book ID
- AA12383900
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- ISSN
- 21874808
- 18835864
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- NDL BIB ID
- 11078791
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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