Health risk assessment of migrant workers' exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls in air and dust in an e-waste recycling area in China: Indication for a new wealth gap in environmental rights

Environment International

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-41

  Wang, Yalin ^a   Hu, Jinxing ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Wang, Ning ^a,b   Li, Cheng ^a,c   Luo, Peng ^c   Hashmi, Muhammad Zaffar ^d   Wang, Wenbo ^c   Su, Xiaomei ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Liu, Yindong ^a   Huang, Ronglang ^a,b   Shen, Chaofeng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c Luqiao Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

^d COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dust; Environmental rights; Health risk; Indoor air; Migrant workers; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

DUST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTES;

ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS; INDOOR AIR; MIGRANT WORKERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DUST;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PCB; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIGRATION;

CHINA;

CHINA; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84948124399     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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