Health and Environmental Hazards of Electronic Waste in India.
Technological waste in the form of electronic waste (e-waste) is a threat to all countries. E-waste impacts health and the environment by entering the food chain in the form of chemical toxicants and exposing the population to deleterious chemicals, mainly in the form of polycyclic aromatic hydrocar...
| Published in: | Journal of Environmental Health Vol. 78; no. 8; pp. 18 - 24 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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National Environmental Health Association
Apr2016
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