Informal E -waste recycling in nine cities of Pakistan reveals significant impacts on local air and soil quality and associated health risks.

Autor: Kazim M; Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan., Syed JH; Department of Meteorology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Tarlai Kalan Park Road, 45550, Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: jabir.syed@comsats.edu.pk., Saqib Z; Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan., Kurt-Karakus PB; Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey. Electronic address: perihan.kurt@btu.edu.tr., Iqbal M; UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg Leipziger, Strasse 29, 09596, Freiberg, Germany., Nasir J; Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARC), P.O. Box 8402, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan., Akcetin MO; Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey., Akram S; Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Bahria University Islmabad Campus, Pakistan; Department of Environmental Sciences, Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan., Birgul A; Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey., Kara M; Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey., Dumanoglu Y; Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey., Barq MG; Department of Microbiology, University of Central Punjab, Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan., Amin FR; Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Tarlai Kalan Park Road, 45550, Islamabad, Pakistan., Harner T; Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada., Jones KC; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom., Zhang G; State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, 510640, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China., Odabasi M; Department of Environmental Sciences, Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Publikováno v: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) [Environ Pollut] 2024 Aug 15; Vol. 355, pp. 124259. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 27.