Zhang R, Chen L P, Chen W
Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2019 Apr 6;53(4):342-344. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2019.04.002.
With the acceleration of global urbanization, the human health impact from growing e-waste has become increasingly serious. Several regions of China are heavily polluted by e-waste, which has led to adverse health outcomes. Critical issues need to be addressed, including how to identify adverse health effects and conduct the health risk assessment for prevention. Recently, globally governmental-based regulations and enforcement of legislation regarding the export, recycling and disposal process of e-waste have made certain achievements. In this issue, we published several articles, which summarized and analyzed the relationship between e-waste pollution and adverse health effects from various aspects such as exposure analysis, adverse health outcomes, mechanisms and risk assessment. These findings could provide basic data and guidelines for health risk assessment and disease prevention of e-waste pollution in China.
