Title: Electronic pollution - The upcoming environmental concern - Envibrary
Headings: Electronic pollution – The upcoming environmental concern
Electronic pollution – The upcoming environmental concern
What is electronic pollution?
What is e-waste?
The rising disposal of e-waste
How the e-waste radiation harms the environment?
E-waste: Global facts and figures
Adverse effects of e-waste on humans and the environment
IN THE NEWS!
E-waste management
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Arijit Samajdar

Content: Electronic items that are considered to be hazardous include, but are not limited to: Televisions and computer monitors that contain cathode ray tubes, LCD desktop monitors, LCD televisions, Plasma televisions, Portable DVD players with LCD screens. Adverse effects of e-waste on humans and the environment
A recent study about the rising electronic pollution in the USA revealed that the average computer screen has five to eight pounds or more of Lead representing 40 percent of all the lead in US landfills. All these toxins are persistent, bioaccumulative toxins (PBTs) that create environmental and health risks when computers are incinerated, put in landfills or melted down. When computers monitors and other electronics are burned they create cancer-producing dioxins which are released into the air we breathe. If electronics are thrown in landfills, these toxins may leach into groundwater and affect local resources. The informal e-waste sectors are growing rapidly in the developing countries over than in the developed countries because of the cheapest labor cost and weak legislation systems. Informal processing of e -waste in developing countries can lead to adverse human health effects and environmental pollution . Electronic scrap components, such as CPUs, contain potentially harmful components such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, or brominated flame retardants. Electronic waste affects nearly every system in the human body because they contain a plethora of toxic components including Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Polybrominated Flame Retardants, Barium, and Lithium.