Journals

Ngoc Ha, Nguyen; Agusa, Tetsuro; Ramu, Karri; Phuc Cam Tu, Nguyen; Murata, Satoko; Bulbule, Keshav A.; Parthasaraty, Peethmbaram;
Takahashi, Shin; Subramanian, Annamalai; Tanabe, Shinsuke (2009). "Contamination by trace elements at e-waste recycling sites in
Bangalore, India". Chemosphere. 76 (1): 9–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.056.
Turaga, R. M. R., Bhaskar, K., Sinha, S., Hinchliffe, D., Hemkhaus, M., Arora, R., Chatterjee, S., Khetriwal, D. S., Radulovic, V., Singhal,
P., & Sharma, H. (2019). E-Waste Management in India: Issues and Strategies. Vikalpa, 44(3), 127–162.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0256090919880655.
Sthiannopkao, Suthipong; Wong, Ming Hung (2013). "Handling e-waste in developed and developing countries: Initiatives, practices, and
consequences". Science of the Total Environment. 463–464: 1147–1153. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.088.
Ankit, Lala Saha, Virendra Kumar, Jaya Tiwari, Sweta, Shalu Rawat, Jiwan Singh, Kuldeep Bauddh, (2021). Electronic waste and their
leachates impact on human health and environment: Global ecological threat and management, Environmental Technology & Innovation,
Volume 24, 102049, ISSN 2352-1864, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.102049.
Ramachandran Rajesh, Dharmaraj Kanakadhurga, Natarajan Prabaharan, (2022). Electronic waste: A critical assessment on the
unimaginable growing pollutant, legislations and environmental impacts, Environmental Challenges, Volume 7, 100507, ISSN 2667-
0100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100507.
Borthakur, A., Singh, P. (2022). Understanding consumers’ perspectives of electronic waste in an emerging economy: a case study of New
Delhi, India. Energ. Ecol. Environ. 7, 199–212 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40974-022-00242-9.
Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy, Mona S.M. Mansour, (2018). Solid waste issue: Sources, composition, disposal, recycling, and valorization,
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 1275-1290, ISSN 1110-0621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpe.2018.07.003.
R. Cayumil, R. Khanna, R. Rajarao, M. Ikram-ul-Haq, P. Mukherjee, and V. Sahajwalla, (2016). "Environmental Impact of Processing
Electronic Waste – Key Issues and Challenges", in E-Waste in Transition - From Pollution to Resource. London, United Kingdom:
IntechOpen, [Online]. Available: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/50797 doi: 10.5772/64139.
Garg, Neha and Adhana, Deepak, (2019). E-Waste Management in India: A Study of Current Scenario. International Journal of
Management, Technology And Engineering. Volume IX, Issue I, ISSN No: 2249-7455.
Monica Sainy, & Vishal Khasgiwala, (2017). E-waste Management & Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, International Journal of Management,
Technology And Engineering (IJERT), Volume 06, Issue 04, http://dx.doi.org/10.17577/IJERTV6IS040451.
Jessica Briffa, Emmanuel Sinagra, Renald Blundell, (2020). Heavy metal pollution in the environment and their toxicological effects on
humans, Heliyon, Volume 6, Issue 9, ISSN 2405-8440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04691.
P.B. Tchounwou, C.G. Yedjou, A.K. Patlolla, D.J. Sutton (2012). Heavy metal toxicity and the environment, EXS, 101, pp. 133-164.
J.H. Duffus (2002). Heavy metals” a meaningless term? Pure Appl. Chem., 74, pp. 793-807.
Anshu Priya, Subrata Hait (2018). Toxicity characterization of metals from various waste printed circuit boards, Process Safety and
Environmental Protection, Volume 116, Pages 74-81, ISSN 0957-5820,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2018.01.018.
Williams PT. (2010). Valorization of printed circuit boards from waste electrical and electronic equipment by pyrolysis. Waste and Biomass
Valorization. 1:107-120. doi: 10.1007/s12649-009-9003-0.
Aymaz S, Grob O, Krakamp B, Ortmann M, Dienes HP, Weber M.(2001). Membranous nephropathy from exposure to mercury in the
fluorescent‐tube‐recycling industry. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 16:2253-2255. doi: 10.1093/ndt/16.11.2253.
Aucott M, McLinden M, Winka M. (2003). Release of mercury from broken fluorescent bulbs. Journal of the Air & Waste Management
Association. 53:143-151. doi: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466132.
Song Q, Li J. (2014). A systematic review of the human body burden of e-waste exposure in China. Environment international. 68:82-93.
doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.018.
Morf LS, Tremp J, Gloor R, Schuppisser F, Stengele M, Taverna R.(2007). Metals, non-metals and PCB in electrical and electronic waste –
Actual levels in Switzerland. Waste Management. 27:1306-1316. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.06.014.
Duarte AT, Dessuy MB, Vale MGR, Welz B.(2013). Determination of chromium and antimony in polymers from electrical and electronic
equipment using high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Analytical Methods. 5:6941-6946.
doi: 10.1039/C3AY41392F.
Zhang G, Jin Y. (2006). Studies on the nephrotoxicity of chromium compounds. Journal of hygiene research. 35:659-662.
Gullett BK, Bruce KR, Beach LO, Drago AM. (1992). Mechanistic steps in the production of PCDD and PCDF during waste combustion.
Chemosphere. 25:1387-1392.
Gaetke LM, Chow CK. (2003).Copper toxicity, oxidative stress, and antioxidant nutrients. Toxicology. 189:147-163. doi: 10.1016/S0300-
483X(03)00159-8.
Herat S. (2008). Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) in Electronic Waste. CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water. 36:19-24. DOI:
10.1002/clen.200700082.
Zheng J, Chen K-h, Yan X, Chen S-J, Hu G-C, Peng X-W, Yuan J-g, Mai B-X, Yang Z-Y.(2013). Heavy metals in food, house dust, and
water from an e-waste recycling area in South China and the potential risk to human health. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety.
96:205-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.06.017.
Liu X, Cai JC, Shu YH. (2014). The Elimination of Pollution of Toxic Cadmium and Arsenic in Lead-Based Alloys of Lead-Acid Batteries
in China. Advanced Materials Research. 983:319-323.
Rim KT, Koo KH, Park JS. (2013). Toxicological Evaluations of Rare Earths and Their Health Impacts to Workers: A Literature Review.
Safety and Health at Work. 4:12-26. doi 10.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.12.
Abraham Brouwer, Ulf G. Ahlborg, Martin Van den Berg, Linda S. Birnbaum, E. Ruud Boersma, Bart Bosveld, Michael S. Denison, L. Earl
Gray, Lars Hagmar, Edel Holene, Marcel Huisman, Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson, Corine Koopman-Esseboom, Janna G.
Koppe, Beverly M. Kulig, Dennis C. Morse, Gina Muckle, Richard E. Peterson, Pieter J.J. Sauer, Richard F. Seegal, Annette E. Smits-
Van Prooije, Bert C.L. Touwen, Nynke Weisglas-Kuperus, Gerhard Winneke: Functional aspects of developmental toxicity of
polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in experimental animals and human infants, European Journal of Pharmacology: Environmental
Toxicology and Pharmacology, Volume 293, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-40, ISSN 0926-6917, https://doi.org/10.1016/0926-6917(95)90015-2.

Stuart Harrad, Cynthia A. de Wit, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Caroline Bergh, Justina A. Björklund, Adrian Covaci, Per Ola
Darnerud, Jacob de Boer, Miriam Diamond, Sandra Huber, Pim Leonards, Manolis Mandalakis, Conny Östman, Line Småstuen Haug,
Cathrine Thomsen, and Thomas F. Webster (2010) : Indoor Contamination with Hexabromocyclododecanes, Polybrominated Diphenyl
Ethers, and Perfluoroalkyl Compounds: An Important Exposure Pathway for People? Environmental Science & Technology, 44 (9),
3221-3231, doi: 10.1021/es903476t.
McCulloch A, Midgley PM, Ashford P. (2003).Releases of refrigerant gases (CFC-12, HCFC-22 and HFC-134a) to the atmosphere.
Atmospheric Environment. 37:889-902. doi: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00975-5.
Lau WKY, Liang P, Man YB, Chung SS, Wong MH. (2014). Human health risk assessment based on trace metals in suspended air
particulates, surface dust, and floor dust from e-waste recycling workshops in Hong Kong, China. Environmental Science and Pollution
Research. 21:3813-3825. doi: 10.1007/s11356-013-2372-8.
Zheng X, Xu F, Chen K, Zeng Y, Luo X, Chen S, Mai B, Covaci A.(2015). Flame retardants and organochlorines in indoor dust from
several e-waste recycling sites in South China: composition variations and implications for human exposure. Environment international.
78:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.02.006.
Li Y, Jiang G, Wang Y, Wang P, Zhang Q. (2008). Concentrations, profiles and gas-particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs in
the ambient air of an E-waste dismantling area, southeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 53:521-528. doi: 10.1007/s11434-008-0125-8.
Leung A, Luksemburg WJ, Wong AS, Wong MH. (2007). Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated
dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil and combusted residue at Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in Southeast China.
Environmental Science & Technology. 41:2730-2737. doi: 10.1021/es0625935.
Chan JK, Xing GH, Xu Y, Liang Y, Chen LX, Wu SC, Wong CK, (2007). Leung CK, Wong MH. Body loadings and health risk assessment
of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans at an intensive electronic waste recycling site in China. Environmental Science &
Technology. 41:7668-7674. doi: 10.1021/es071492j.
Gullett BK, Linak WP, Touati A, Wasson SJ, Gatica S, King CJ.(2007). Characterization of air emissions and residual ash from open
burning of electronic wastes during simulated rudimentary recycling operations. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management.
9:69-79. doi: 10.1007/s10163-006-0161-x.
Asante KA, Adu-Kumi S, Nakahiro K, Takahashi S, Isobe T, Sudaryanto A, Devanathan G, Clarke E, Ansa-Asare OD, Dapaah-Siakwan S.
(2011). Human exposure to PCBs, PBDEs and HBCDs in Ghana: temporal variation, sources of exposure and estimation of daily intakes
by infants. Environment international. 37:921-928. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.011.
Chen, Aimin; Dietrich, Kim N.; Huo, Xia; Ho, Shuk-mei (2011). "Developmental neurotoxicants in e-waste: an emerging health concern".
Environmental Health Perspectives. 119 (4): 431–438. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002452. ISSN 1552-9924.
Wang Liulin; Hou Meiling; An Jing; Zhong Yufang; Wang Xuetong; Wang Yangjun; Wu Minghong; Bi Xinhui; Sheng Guoying; Fu Jiamo
(2011). "The cytotoxic and genetoxic effects of dust and soil samples from E-waste recycling area on L02 cells". Toxicology and
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Birnbaum, LS; Staskal, DF (2004). "Brominated flame retardants: Cause for concern?" Environmental Health Perspectives. 112 (1): 9–17.
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Books

V. Ari, (2016)."A Review of Technology of Metal Recovery from Electronic Waste", in E-Waste in Transition - From Pollution to Resource.
London, United Kingdom: IntechOpen, doi: 10.5772/61569.
Davis JR, Allen P, Lampman S, Zorc TB, Henry SD, Daquila JL, Ronke AW.(1990). Metals handbook: properties and selection: nonferrous
alloys and special-purpose materials. ASM International; 3470 p.

Magazine/Newspaper/Website/Other

"WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment – Impact of WEEE". Retrieved 2019-03-28.
An Indian market Research Bureau (IMRB) survey of ‘E-waste generation at Source’ in 2009.
"Lead". Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/4-5l-child-workers-in-e-waste-industry-assocham-report/articleshow/34066788.cms.
"International E-Waste Day: 57.4M Tonnes Expected in 2021 | WEEE Forum". Weee-forum.org. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January
2022.
"Cadmium (Cd) – Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects". Lenntech.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014.
Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"Health Effects". United States Department of Labor. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.