Engineering a sustainable future for point-of-care diagnostics and single-use microfluidic devices

AE Ongaro, Z Ndlovu, E Sollier, C Otieno, P Ondoa… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-use, disposable, point-of-care diagnostic devices carry great promise for global
health, including meeting urgent needs for testing and diagnosis in places with limited …

Inconsistencies of e-waste management in develo** nations–Facts and plausible solutions

ARK Gollakota, S Gautam, CM Shu - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
Electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) became an integral part of daily life and had an
immense influence on the economy. The skyrocketing demand, progressive technologies …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): state of the science

KC Jones, P De Voogt - Environmental pollution, 1999 - Elsevier
The environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are
fascinating areas of scientific research. Our objective in this paper is to provide a brief …

A review of the environmental fate and effects of hazardous substances released from electrical and electronic equipments during recycling: Examples from China and …

A Sepúlveda, M Schluep, FG Renaud… - Environmental impact …, 2010 - Elsevier
With the increasing global legal and illegal trade of waste electrical and electronic
equipment (WEEE) comes an equally increasing concern that poor WEEE recycling …

Export of toxic chemicals–a review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling

MH Wong, SC Wu, WJ Deng, XZ Yu, Q Luo… - Environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the concentrations of persistent organic pollutants such as flame
retardants (PBDEs), dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Gas–particle concentrations and distribution of aliphatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, PCBs and PCDD/Fs in the atmosphere of Athens (Greece)

M Mandalakis, M Tsapakis, A Tsoga… - Atmospheric …, 2002 - Elsevier
Air samples were collected at the urban center, a background site, and the adjacent coastal
area of the metropolitan area of Athens during July 2000. Gas and particle phase …

Severe PCDD/F and PBDD/F pollution in air around an electronic waste dismantling area in China

H Li, L Yu, G Sheng, J Fu, P Peng - Environmental Science & …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The presence of chlorinated and brominated compounds in electronic waste (EW) results in
the formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and …

An overview: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from the stationary and mobile sources and in the ambient air

NK Cheruiyot, WJ Lee, JK Mwangi, LC Wang… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2015 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are a class of semi-volatile organic carbons that are
emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources therefore are ubiquitous in nature …

Levels and congener distributions of PCDDs, PCDFs and dioxin-like PCBs in environmental and human samples: a review

K Srogi - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2008 - Springer
The term “dioxins” is often used in a confusing way. In toxicological considerations—and
also in the present report—the term is used to designate the PCDDs, the PCDFs and the …

Organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers in the global oceanic atmosphere

J Castro-Jimenez, B González-Gaya… - Environmental …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are widely used as flame retardants and plasticizers and
have been detected ubiquitously in the remote atmosphere. Fourteen OPEs were analyzed …