Export of toxic chemicals - a review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling.

By M. Wong, Shengchun Wu, W. Deng, X. Z. Yu, Qing Luo, A. Leung, C. S. Wong, W. Luksemburg, A. S. Wong. Environmental Pollution, 2007

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Why we use and abandon smart devices (2015, background): “[27]), and the amount of time electronic devices are used before they are discarded continues to shorten [26].”
Electronic waste management approaches: an overview. (2013, background): “Wong et al. (2007b) reported the presence of elevated levels of toxic metals in Liangjian and Nanya Rivers compared to that in the reservoir outside of Guiyu.”
Recent developments in the fire retardancy of polymeric materials (2013, background): “[87] did a statistical analyses of concentrations of POPs such as PBDEs, PCDDs/Fs, PAHs, PCBs and also some heavy metals in air, soils and sediments at Guiyu, a traditional ricegrowing village located in South-Eastern China, which in recent years became a e-waste recycling site.”
An inventory of trace element inputs to agricultural soils in China. (2009, background): “The savage disposal has resulted in severe pollution of soils by trace elements as well as polyhalogenated pollutants, which may also affect the surrounding environment by atmospheric movement and deposition (Qiu et al., 2004; Wong et al., 2007).”