Spatial assessment of potential ecological risk of heavy metals in soils from informal e-waste recycling in Ghana

The rapidly increasing annual global volume of e-waste, and of its inherently valuable fraction, has created an opportunity for individuals in Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana to make a living by using unconventional, uncontrolled, primitive and crude procedures to recycle and recover valuable metals from...

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Main Authors: Vincent Nartey Kyere, Klaus Greve, Sampson Manukure Atiemo, James Ephraim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Environmental Helath and Toxicology 2017-10-01
Series:Environmental Health and Toxicology
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Online Access:http://www.e-eht.org/upload/pdf/eht-32-e2017018.pdf