IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i12p7332-d839378.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Estimation of Children’s Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates and Health Risk at E-Waste Dismantling Area

Author

Listed:
  • Yan Yang

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
    Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515041, China
    Synergy Innovation Institute of GDUT, Shantou 515041, China)

  • Mengdi Zhang

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China)

  • Haojia Chen

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
    Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515041, China
    Synergy Innovation Institute of GDUT, Shantou 515041, China)

  • Zenghua Qi

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China)

  • Chengcheng Liu

    (Synergy Innovation Institute of GDUT, Shantou 515041, China)

  • Qiang Chen

    (State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China)

  • Tao Long

    (State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China)

Abstract

Due to environmental health concerns, exposure to heavy metals and related adverse effects in electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling areas have attracted considerable interest in the recent years. However, little information is available about the Soil/Dust Ingestion Rates (SIR) of heavy metals for children living in such sites. This study estimated the soil ingestion of 66 children from e-waste disassembly areas by collecting and analyzing selected tracer elements in matched samples of their consumed food, feces, and urine, as well as soil samples from their play areas. The concentrations of tracer elements (including Al, Ba, Ce, Mn, Sc, Ti, Y, and V) in these samples were analyzed. The SIR was estimated to be 148.3 mg/day (median) and 383.3 mg/day (95th percentile) based on the Best Tracer Method (BTM). These values are somewhat higher than those observed in America, Canada, and other parts of China. Health risk assessments showed that Cr presented the greatest carcinogenic risk, at more than 10 −6 in this typical polluted area, while As was second. These findings provide important insights into the exposure risks of heavy metals in e-waste dismantling sites and emphasize the health risk caused by Cr and As.

Suggested Citation

  • Yan Yang & Mengdi Zhang & Haojia Chen & Zenghua Qi & Chengcheng Liu & Qiang Chen & Tao Long, 2022. "Estimation of Children’s Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates and Health Risk at E-Waste Dismantling Area," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(12), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:12:p:7332-:d:839378
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/12/7332/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/12/7332/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wenlong Huang & Xiaoling Shi & Kusheng Wu, 2021. "Human Body Burden of Heavy Metals and Health Consequences of Pb Exposure in Guiyu, an E-Waste Recycling Town in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-13, November.
    2. Desire Tshala-Katumbay & Jean-Claude Mwanza & Diane S. Rohlman & Gladys Maestre & Reinaldo B. Oriá, 2015. "A global perspective on the influence of environmental exposures on the nervous system," Nature, Nature, vol. 527(7578), pages 187-192, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Yingjun Wu & Guiying Li & Taicheng An, 2022. "Toxic Metals in Particulate Matter and Health Risks in an E-Waste Dismantling Park and Its Surrounding Areas: Analysis of Three PM Size Groups," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-15, November.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Haomin Lei & Xin Xu & Xiaofeng Liu & Junboum Park & Zhongyu Yu & Hao Liu, 2022. "Red Mud-Amended Soil as Highly Adsorptive Hybrid-Fill Materials for Controlling Heavy Metal Sewage Seepage in Industrial Zone," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-15, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:12:p:7332-:d:839378. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.