Gaseous elemental mercury emissions from informal E-Waste recycling facilities in Pakistan.
E-waste
GEM
Informal recycling
Passive sampling
Spatio-temporal variations
Journal
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1879-2456
Titre abrégé: Waste Manag
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9884362
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2023
01 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
27
05
2023
revised:
25
08
2023
accepted:
13
09
2023
pubmed:
21
9
2023
medline:
21
9
2023
entrez:
20
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Detrimental effects of mercury (Hg) on ecosystems and human health have been well-documented. Whereas emissions of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) from e-waste recycling have been reported in developed countries, much less is known about the situation in the Global South. Using a total of 132 passive air samplers, seasonally resolved concentrations of GEM in air were measured continuously at 32 informal e-waste recycling facilities and background location in Pakistan for a period of one year between September 2020 and December 2021. Annual average GEM concentrations at the studied locations ranged from 1.8 to 92 ng m
Identifiants
pubmed: 37729843
pii: S0956-053X(23)00578-0
doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.09.014
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
261-269Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Jabir Hussain Syed reports financial support was provided by Pakistan Science Foundation.