Environmental Engineering Reference
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Huanghua
Shangdong
Shanghai
Taizhou
Hunan
Fujian
Longtang
Guiyu
Guangdong
Dali
FIGURE 7.2
Location.of.e-waste.processing.sites.in.China..(From.Ni,.H.G..and.Zeng,.E.Y.,.A.big.picture.view.
of.halogenated.chemical.exposures.in.China—A.report,.pp..1-45,.2009.)
Taizhou,.and.north.of.Qian.Tang.Jiang.in.Zhejiang.Province,.1.site.south.of.
Shanghai,.2.sites.in.Hebei.Province,.and.at.least.1.site.in.each.of.the.follow-
ing. provinces. and. cities:. Shangdong,. Jiangxi,. Fujian,. Sichuang,. Hebei,. and.
Hunan. provinces. (Figure. 7.2).. Similar. to.Guiyu,. it. is. envisaged.that.all. the.
sites. are. hotspots. as. sources. of. PBDEs. emitted. into. the. environment.. The.
domestic.production. of.brominated.lame.retardants.in.China.in.2006.was.
80,000.t,.and.the.amount.of.PBDEs.accumulated.from.all.brominated.lame.
retardants. containing. commercial. products. reached. 200,000.ton. in. 2009.
(Ni.and.Zeng.2009).
In.addition.to.these.12.major.sites,.there.are.several.hundred.small-scale.
e-waste.recycling.sites.distributed.in.the.countryside,.with.waste.materials.
imported. from. abroad. as. well. as. generated. domestically,. emitting. a. large.
amount.of.PBDEs.into.the.environment..In.general,.all.consumer.products,.
including. electrical. and. electronic. equipment,. polymer. materials,. and. tex-
tiles,.are.the.main.sources.of.PBDEs.emitted.daily.everywhere.in.China,.both.
in.cities.and.in.the.countryside,.especially.at.e-waste.recycling.sites.that.are.
hotspots.for.PBDEs.contamination.
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