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Mitigating Environmental and Health Risks
Associated with Uncontrolled Recycling
of Electronic Waste: Are International
and Nation
al Regulations Effective?
MingHungWong,AnnaO.W.Leung,ShengchunWu,
ClementK.M.Leung,andRaviNaidu
CONTENTS
General.Background............................................................................................ 194
Two.Major.E-Waste.Recycling.Sites.in.China............................................. 194
Primitive.Techniques.Used.in.Recycling.E-Waste...................................... 195
Major.Objectives.............................................................................................. 195
Toxic.Chemicals.Emitted.through.Uncontrolled.Open.
Burning.of.e-Waste.......................................................................................... 196
Toxic.Chemicals.Are.Bioaccumulated.and.Biomagniied.
in.Food.Chains............................................................................................. 196
Body.Burdens.of.Toxic.Chemicals.in.Residents.of.E-Waste.
Recycling.Sites................................................................................................. 196
Potential.Health.Risk.of.Adults.and.Infants.at.the.E-Waste.
Recycling.Sites................................................................................................. 198
Epidemiological.Data.from.Taizhou............................................................ 199
Signiicance.of.the.Findings........................................................................... 200
Addressing.the.Problems.of.E-Waste................................................................ 200
Laws.and.Regulations.Concerning.E-Waste............................................... 200
International................................................................................................ 200
National....................................................................................................... 201
Deining.E-Waste............................................................................................. 202
Closing.the.Loopholes.................................................................................... 203
Global.and.National.Cooperation................................................................ 203
Acknowledgments............................................................................................... 204
References............................................................................................................. 205
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