ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2019
Self-Reported Health and Metal Body Burden in an Electronic Waste Recycling Community in Northeastern Thailand.
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- Enhancing informal workers' tools to reduce workplace injuries: a quasi-randomized control trial of electronic waste recyclers in Thailand.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Trial
- A pilot study on psychosocial factors and perceptions of organizational health among a sample of U.S. waste workers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Bridging the knowledge gap! Health outcomes in informal e-waste workers.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024Review
- Electronic waste pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Article
- Review on the Use of Heavy Metal Deposits from Water Treatment Waste towards Catalytic Chemical Syntheses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Work Task Association with Lead Urine and Blood Concentrations in Informal Electronic Waste Recyclers in Thailand and Chile.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Metal Exposures, Noise Exposures, and Audiometry from E-Waste Workers in Agbogbloshie, Ghana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to summarize electronic waste (e-waste) worker health; examine associations between health and sociodemographic characteristics; and metal body burden.
methodsIn 2016, 131 e-waste recycling workers were enrolled in the study, completed a questionnaire, and gave blood and urine samples for heavy metal concentration assessment (lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, nickel). The relationship between symptoms, general health, and metals is assessed via generalized estimating equation models (adjusted for age, education, sex, and village).
resultsCadmium in blood and copper in serum were most consistently associated with higher odds of poor health and prevalence of symptoms. We found inconsistent results between general health, symptom severity, and urinary nickel. Higher blood lead levels (BLL) were associated with fewer self-reported symptoms.
conclusionsExposure to certain metals in e-waste recycling communities may adversely impact health status.
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