Biotransfer of persistent organic pollutants from a large site in China used for the disassembly of electronic and electrical waste

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-351

  Zhao, Gaofeng ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Han, Guanggen ^b   Ling, Bo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biotransfer; Electrical waste; Electronic waste; Obsolete transformers; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DIET; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; DDT; DIET; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33746957434     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-005-9003-3     Document Type: Article

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