The burgeoning global market in electronic and electrical devices, combined with shorter
device life expectancies, is fuelling an unprecedented health crisis for children in the …

Background: Electronic waste (e-waste) is produced in staggering quantities, estimated
globally to be 41.8 million tonnes in 2014. Informal e-waste recycling is a source of much …

Waste electronic and electrical equipment (e-waste) consists of used and discarded
electrical and electronic items ranging from refrigerators to cell phones and printed circuit …

Objective Electronic waste (e-waste) has been an emerging environmental health issue in
both developed and developing countries, but its current management practice may result in …

Electronic waste (e-waste) contains numerous chemicals harmful to human and ecological
health. To update a 2013 review assessing adverse human health consequences of …

Background Waste from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, known as e-waste, is
a rapidly growing global problem. E-waste contains valuable materials that have an …

The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era of clean production, an alternative to
smokestack industries and their pollutants. But as environmental journalist Elizabeth …

In 2013, after the first World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on e-waste and child
health, the Geneva Declaration on E-waste and Children's Health set out a range of goals to …

Background The population exposed to potentially hazardous substances through
inappropriate and unsafe management practices related to disposal and recycling of end-of …

Background E-waste includes electrical and electronic equipment discarded as waste
without intent of reuse. Informal e-waste recycling, typically done in smaller, unorganized …