Open AccessE-Waste and Its Consequence for Environment and Public Health: Perspectives in Covid-19 Pandemic Times
Author(s) -
Joselito Nardy Ribeiro,
Angelo Fernando Melo Barbosa,
Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy Ribeiro,
Madson de Godói Pereira,
Jairo Pinto de Oliveira,
Alan Bragança Zordan,
André Romero da Silva
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
global journal of health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-9744
pISSN - 1916-9736
DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v14n3p54
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , electronic waste , production (economics) , work (physics) , business , human health , public health , environmental science , waste management , environmental health , medicine , engineering , virology , economics , outbreak , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , macroeconomics , nursing
Every year the electronics industry increases its production and earns billions of dollars. This increase is associated to the growth electronic waste production that, unfortunately, is not followed by the proportional recycling increase. An extensive quantity of e-waste containing several toxic chemical residues, that provoke serious toxic effects for human health, is released in the environment every day. This work it is a mini review about the issue of electronic waste production and its chemical contamination capacity for soil, water, plants, animals, food, and humans. Finally, this mini-review finalize with a small reflection about e-waste in Covid-19's Pandemic times.