Recycling of valuable elements contained in e-waste has become a source of income in the informal sector of most developing or emerging industrialized countries. However, primitive recycling techniques such as burning cables to retain the underlying copper expose both adult and child workers, as well as their families, to a range of hazardous substances.
Health risks associated with e-waste include inhalation of toxic fumes from direct exposure to harmful substances such as lead, cadmium, chromium, brominated flame retardants or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as well as accumulation of chemicals in soil, water Can. and food. In addition to its hazardous components being processed, e-waste can lead to the number of toxic by-products likely to affect human health. In addition, recycling activities such as disintegration of electrical equipment can potentially increase the risk of injury.
Other Health Effects
Breakdown of DNA can increase the chances of developing cancer. DNA damage is a particular problem in non-dividing or slowly dividing cells, where unpublished damage will accumulate over time. On the other hand, in rapidly dividing cells, unrestricted DNA damage that does not kill the cell by blocking replication will lead to replication errors and thus mutation. Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels can damage cell structures.
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