Law enforcement and global collaboration are the keys to containing e-waste tsunami in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3991-3994

  Ni, Hong Gang ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; FLAME RETARDANT; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TSUNAMI; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 66249136354     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802725m     Document Type: Review

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