Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
J Public Health Policy. 2022 Sep;43(3):335-346. doi: 10.1057/s41271-022-00360-y. Epub 2022 Sep 13.
The study examines occupational health risks of informal e-waste activities on major landfills and e-village in Lagos state, Nigeria. The concept of informality guided the study based on primary and secondary data sources. We adopted a non-probabilistic sampling technique. Thus purposive sampling was used in selecting the main landfills and the computer village in Lagos state as study sites. We used descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the data at a p = 0.05% confidence level. Wounds and cuts accounted for over nine-tenths (92%) of the main form of injuries experienced by 300 e-workers selected by convenience sampling on the three main landfills and the e-village in Lagos. Subjects of concern include job designation of e-workers across respondents. There was a significant association between e-waste activity and occupational health risks (X = 20.341). E-waste workers use primitive methods that expose them to harmful substances and pollute the environment. Thus, we propose the formalization of the informal e-waste sector and the development of an eco-friendly environment that integrates health benefits for the workers.
该研究考察了尼日利亚拉各斯州主要垃圾填埋场和电子村非正式电子废物活动对工人的职业健康风险。该研究基于初级和二级数据源，采用了非概率抽样技术。因此，在选择主要垃圾填埋场和拉各斯州的电子村作为研究地点时，我们采用了目的性抽样。我们使用描述性和推断性统计方法，在置信水平为 p=0.05%的情况下对数据进行分析。在对三个主要垃圾填埋场和拉各斯州的电子村的 300 名电子工人进行方便抽样时，超过十分之九（92%）的电子工人因伤口和割伤而受伤。关注的对象包括受访者中电子工人的工作指定。电子废物活动与职业健康风险之间存在显著关联（X=20.341）。电子废物工人使用原始方法，使他们接触有害物质并污染环境。因此，我们建议使非正式电子废物行业正式化，并开发一个环保的环境，为工人带来健康益处。
