Elevated Blood Lead Levels of Children in Guiyu, an Electronic Waste Recycling Town in China

Huo, Xia; Peng, Lin; Xu, Xijin; Zheng, Liangkai; Qiu, Bo; Qi, Zongli; Bao, Zhang; Hoon Han, Dai; Piao, Zhong-xian

doi:10.1289/ehp.9697

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Elevated Blood Lead Levels of Children in Guiyu, an Electronic Waste Recycling Town in China

Published in Environmental Health Perspectives • Mar 28, 2007

Authors:

Xia Huo

Lin Peng

Xijin Xu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Electronic waste (e-waste) recycling has remained primitive in Guiyu, China, and thus may contribute to the elevation of blood lead levels (BLLs) in children living in the local environment. OBJECTIVES: We compared the BLLs in children living in the e-waste recycling town of Guiyu with t...

Subject

Hemoglobin

Lead exposure

Environmental health

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