Heavy metal and persistent organic compound contamination in soil from Wenling: An emerging e-waste recycling city in Taizhou area, China

E-waste: a problem or an opportunity? Review of issues, challenges and solutions in Asian countries

“…Contaminants in sediments and study area Reference PCBs, PAHs and heavy metals of surface sediments of Nanguan River, Taizhou, East China Contamination in agricultural soil from range of metals, PAHs and PCBs in Taizhou, East China (Tang et al, 2010a) Contamination of sediments by heavy metals, PAHs and PCBs in the town Wenling, e-waste recycling city, Taizhou, China (Tang et al, 2010b) Heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetables near an ewaste processing site, Longtang, Guangdong province, China Heavy metal contamination of surface soil in an electronic waste dismantling area in Guiyu, Guangdong province, China Jinhui Li et al, 2011 Contamination by trace elements at e-waste recycling sites in Bangalore, India (Ha et al, 2009) Concentrations and profiles of PCDD/Fs in discarded electronic waste open burning site in China (Mingzhong et al, 2010) Levels and isomer profiles of Dechlorane Plus (DP) in the surface soils from e-waste recycling areas and industrial areas in South China PBDEs in soils and vegetations near an e-waste recycling site in South China (Wang et al, 2005), (Wang et al, 2011b) Major pollutants in soils of abandoned agricultural land contaminated by e-waste activities in Hong Kong (Lopez et al, 2011) PBDE concentrations near e-waste recycling site in China Cai and Jiang, 2006, Leung et al, 2006, Leung et al, 2007 Trace metal contamination of sediments in an e-waste processing village in China Table 7: Studies on impacts on humans near e-waste recycling sites Impacts on humans and study area Reference Heavy metals in hair from occupationally and nonoccupationally exposed populations in an e-waste recycling area in Longtang, South China Heave metals in placenta from China's Guiyu area (Guo et al, 2010) Urinary levels of heavy metals in people living around e-waste sites in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, Southeast China (Wang et al, 2011a) Changes of urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine levels and burden (Wang et al, of heavy metals around an e-waste dismantling site located in Taizhou 2010) Assessment of cadmium exposure for neonates in Guiyu e-waste pollution site Human exposure to PCBs, and BFRs such as PBDEs and HBCDs in Ghana (Asante et al, 2011) Exposure of Chinese residents to PBBs, PBDEs and PCBs in an e-waste recycling site in Zhejiang province (Zhao et al, 2008) Correlations of PCBs, Dioxin and PBDEs with thyroid stimulating hormorne (TSH) in children (Han et al, 2011) Distribution of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PBDEs and organoch...…”

Plant uptake and dissipation of PBDEs in the soils of electronic waste recycling sites

“…Uncontrolled dismantling and acid treatment of e-wastes can also result in the leaching of PBDEs and lead to severe soil pollution (Cai and Jiang, 2006;Leung et al, 2007;Luo et al, 2009;Tang et al, 2010). For example, the soils in acid treatment sites for e-wastes in Guiyu in south China are polluted by PBDEs with total concentrations of 2720e4250 ng/g dry weight in the surface soils .…”

Epidemiological Evidence of the Effects of Environmental Pollution on Male Reproductive Health in an Electronic Waste-Recycling Town

“…Heavy metal and persistent organic pollutants (POP) pollution have been monitored in the Wenling environment [3][4][5]. Lead pollution might affect sperm chromatin by altering the availability of zinc to spermatozoa [12].…”