Release of chlorinated, brominated and mixed halogenated dioxin-related compounds to soils from open burning of e-waste in Agbogbloshie (Accra, Ghana)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-157

  Tue, Nguyen Minh ^a   Goto, Akitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a,b   Itai, Takaaki ^a   Asante, Kwadwo Ansong ^a,c   Kunisue, Tatsuya ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Brominated dioxins; Dioxins; E waste; Emission estimate; Ghana

Indexed keywords

HALOGENATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; SOILS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTES;

BROMINATED DIOXINS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS/DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; DIOXINS; E-WASTES; GHANA; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; PBDE; PCDD; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCRA; AGBOGBLOSHIE; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

DIOXIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GHANA; INCINERATION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

DIOXINS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GHANA; INCINERATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84944111749     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.09.062     Document Type: Article

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