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Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives II pp 279–312Cite as

Mass Emissions of Pollutants from E-Waste Processed in China and Human Exposure Assessment

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Electronic waste (e-waste) has become a pressing global pollution issue. The situation in China is more severe, due to largely primitive recycling of e-waste generated domestically and imported from outside China. In China, the improper e-waste recycling operations have resulted in severe contamination of the ambient environments by toxic pollutants. All data suggest that the contaminant levels in various environmental media near e-waste recycling sites are substantially higher than those at reference sites. People living near e-waste recycling sites and adjacent regions are subject to increased health hazard. Long-range transport of e-waste-derived pollutants can also subject residents in adjacent regions to unintended health risks. Given the special circumstances in China, implementation of improved e-waste recycling technologies and rigorous law enforcement should be the ultimate resolution for containing the spreading of e-waste-derived pollution.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41071303 and 41121063), the Earmarked Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry (OGL-200902), and the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIGCAS 135 project Y234081001). The authors are also grateful to Chao Ding, Jian-Lin Sun, and Xiao-Bin Ni for their assistances in drawing figures and analyte lists.

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Lists of Organic Pollutants

Lists of Organic Pollutants

List 1

PBDEs

BDE-28, 47, 85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 138, 183, 66, 209.

List 2

PBDEs

BDE-3, 7, 15, 17, 28, 49, 71, 47, 66, 77, 100, 119, 99, 85, 126, 154, 153, 138, 156, 184, 183, 191.

List 3

PBDEs

BDE-28, 47, 66, 99, 100, 153, 154.

List 4

PCDDs

2,3,7,8-TCDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD, 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD, 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD, 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD, 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD, OCDD.

PCDFs

2,3,7,8-TCDF, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF, 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF, 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF, 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF, 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF, 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF, 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HxCDF, OCDF.

List 5

12 coplanar PCBs

PCB-77, -81, -105, -114, -118, -123, -126, -156, -157, -167,-169, -189.

6 indicator PCBs

PCB-28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180.

List 6

PBDD/Fs:

2,3,7,8-TBDF, 1,2,3,7,8-PeBDF, 2,3,4,7,8-PeBDF, 2,3,7,8-TBDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeBDD, 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxBDD, 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxBDD, 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxBDD.

List 7

PBDEs

BDE-28, 47, 100, 99, 153, 154, 183, 209.

List 8

PCBs

PCB-81, 77, 123, 118, 114, 105, 126, 167, 156, 157, 169, 189, 28, 52, 101, 153, 138, 180.

List 9

PBDEs

BDE-3, 7, 15, 28/33, 47, 49, 71, 66, 77, 85, 100, 99, 119, 126, 138, 154, 153, 183, 190, 197, 203, 207, 209.

List 10

ClPAHs

9-ClFle, 9-ClPhe, 2-ClAnt, 9-ClAnt, 3,9-Cl2Phe, 10-Cl2Ant/1,9-Cl2Phe, 9,10-Cl2Phe, 3-ClFlu, 8-ClFlu, 1-ClPyr, 3,9,10-Cl3Phe, 5,7-Cl2Flu, 3,8-Cl2Flu, 3,4-Cl2Flu, 6-ClChr, 7-ClBaA, 6,12-Cl2Chr, 7,12-Cl2BaA, 6-ClBaP.

List 11

PBDEs

BDE-28, 47, 49, 100, 119, 99, 118, 153, 154, 153, 138, 183, 181, 196, 203, 207, 208, 209.

List 12

PCBs

PCB-28/31, 52, 60, 66, 74, 85, 90, 92, 99, 101, 105, 107, 110, 114, 115/87, 117, 118, 119, 123, 128, 130, 137, 138, 141, 146, 147, 149/139, 153, 154, 158, 163/164, 166, 167, 171, 174, 175, 177, 178, 180, 183, 187, 190, 191, 194, 195, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209.

List 13

PBDEs

BDE-28, 47, 100, 99, 154, 153, 183, 203, 196, 206, 207, 208, 209.

List 14

OCPs

α–HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane), β–HCH, γ–HCH, δ–HCH, p, p’ –DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), p, p’–DDE, p, p’–DDD.

List 15

PBDEs

BDE-28, 47, 85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183, Octa-BDE, 196, 197, 203, 206, 208, 209.

List 16

PBDEs

BDE-3, 15, 17, 18, 47, 66, 100, 99, 154, 153, 183, 209.

List 17

PCBs

PCB-18, 28, 37, 44, 49, 52, 70, 74, 77, 81, 87, 99, 101, 105, 114, 118, 119, 123, 126, 128, 138, 151, 153, 156, 157, 158, 167, 168, 169, 170, 177, 183, 187, 189, 194, 199.

List 18

PCBs

PCB-28, 52, 60/56, 70, 74, 90/101, 95, 99, 105, 118, 138, 149, 153, 156, 157, 158, 167, 170, 180, 183, 187, 194, 203.

List 19

PCBs

PCB-8, 18, 28, 52, 44, 66, 101, 153, 138, 187, 128, 180, 170, 195, 206, 77, 81, 105, 114, 118, 123, 126, 156, 157, 167, 169, 189.

List 20

PBBs

PBB-1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, 18, 26, 29, 30, 31, 38, 49, 52, 53, 80, 101, 103, 153, 155, 209.

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Ni, HG., Zeng, E.Y. (2012). Mass Emissions of Pollutants from E-Waste Processed in China and Human Exposure Assessment. In: Bilitewski, B., Darbra, R., Barceló, D. (eds) Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives II. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_189

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