E-waste is discarded and shipped mostly to developing countries located in Asian continent
for disposal from other developed countries. Especially 70% of the world's e-waste ends up …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), together with 11 other organic compounds, were initially
listed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the Stockholm Convention because of their …

Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in developing low cost and reliable methods
for the detection and precise determination of ultra-trace concentrations of persistent organic …

Human activities such as industrialisation, urbanisation and agriculture have adversely
impacted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Water pollutants such as heavy metals and …

Following recent rapid industrialization, China is now one of the largest producers and
consumers of organic chemicals in the world. This is compounded by variable regulatory …

This paper focuses on current progress of supercritical fluid (SCF) technology for e-waste
treatment through reviewing characteristics and challenges of existing technologies. With …

Surface sediments of polluted urban rivers can be a reservoir of hydrophobic persistent
organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, we comprehensively assessed the contamination of …

The present study was conducted to investigate the levels and sources of heavy metals (Cu,
Cr, Cd, Pb, Zn, Hg and As) and persistent organic compounds including polycyclic aromatic …

Surface soils from a 19 km 2 area in east London, UK were analysed for polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)(n= 76).∑ 16 PAH ranged from 4 …

The disposal, recycling, and part salvaging of discarded electronic devices such as
computers, printers, televisions, and toys are now creating a new set of waste problems. This …