Potential environmental and human health impacts of rechargeable lithium batteries in electronic waste

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5495-5503

  Kang, Daniel Hsing Po ^a   Chen, Mengjun ^a,b   Ogunseitan, Oladele A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FEDERAL REGULATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LIFECYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LITHIUM BATTERY MATERIALS; RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY; REGULATORY POLICIES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

COBALT; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; LEAD; LITHIUM; NATURAL RESOURCES; NICKEL; THALLIUM; TOXICITY;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; LITHIUM ION; NICKEL; SILVER; THALLIUM;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE ROLE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LITHIUM BATTERY; MOBILE PHONE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; LITHIUM; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878225860     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400614y     Document Type: Article

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