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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017

Heavy metals distribution and risk assessment in soil from an informal E-waste recycling site in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Khadijah A Isimekhai, Hemda Garelick, John Watt, Diane Purchase

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. WEEE Treatment in Developing Countries: Environmental Pollution and Health Consequences-An Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  6. E-Waste in Africa: A Serious Threat to the Health of Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  11. A Review of Biomarkers Used for Assessing Human Exposure to Metals from E-Waste.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Khadijah A IsimekhaiCentre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management, Department of Natural Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Hemda GarelickCentre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management, Department of Natural Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
John WattCentre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management, Department of Natural Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Diane PurchaseCentre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management, Department of Natural Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK. d.purchase@mdx.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-4385
Middlesex University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Informal E-waste recycling can pose a risk to human health and the environment which this study endeavours to evaluate. The distribution of a number of heavy metals in soil from an informal recycling site in the largest market for used and new electronics and electrical equipment in West Africa was investigated. The potential bioavailability of heavy metals, extent of contamination, potential risk due to the recycling activities and impact of external factors such as rainfall were also assessed. The concentrations of all the heavy metals tested were higher in the area where burning of the waste occurred than at the control site, suggesting an impact of the recycling activities on the soil. The order of total metal concentrations was Cu > Pb > Zn > Mn > Ni > Sb > Cr > Cd for both the dry and wet seasons. The total concentrations of Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn were all significantly higher (p < 0.001) in the dry season than in the wet season. The concentrations of Cu (329-7106 mg kg

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Risk AssessmentAfrica, WesternElectrical Equipment and SuppliesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMetals, HeavyNigeriaRecyclingSoilSoil PollutantsMetals, HeavySoilSoil PollutantsE-wasteHeavy metalsInformal recyclingRisk assessmentSoil analysisSoil contaminationSpeciation

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PMID28589272
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