Pollution profiles and health risk assessment of VOCs emitted during e-waste dismantling processes associated with different dismantling methods

Environment International

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-194

  An, Taicheng ^a   Huang, Yong ^a,c   Li, Guiying ^a   He, Zhigui ^a,c   Chen, Jiangyao ^a   Zhang, Chaosheng ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dismantling techniques; E waste dismantling; Pollution characteristic; Risk assessment; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; CUTTING; DISEASES; ELECTRIC HEATING; HEALTH RISKS; HEATING FURNACES; MICROMOTORS; MINERAL OILS; POLLUTION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTES;

DISMANTLING PROCESS; DISMANTLING TECHNIQUES; DISTRIBUTION PROFILES; ELECTRIC BLOWERS; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICAL CUTTING; NON-CANCER RISKS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT;

COMBUSTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE FACILITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER POWER SUPPLY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; DISMANTLING TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC BLOWER; ELECTRIC SOLDERING IRON; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FURNACE; HARD DISK; HEATING; HUMAN; INCINERATION; METAL INDUSTRY; MOBILE PHONE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION; WORKER; WORKSHOP; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84906735659     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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