Metals and Particulates Exposure from a Mobile E-Waste Shredding Truck: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: The US electronics recycling industry has introduced a novel mobile electronic waste (e-waste) shredding truck service to address increasing needs for secure data destruction of e-waste. These trucks can shred small electronics with data security concerns at remote locations for a wide variety of clients. Shredding jobs usually involve hand-feeding electronic waste (e-waste) for 4-10 h day-1, 1-5 days. Shredding of e-waste has been documented as a source of high metal exposures, especially lead and cadmium. However, no studies have been done to assess exposures on mobile e-waste shredding trucks. We conducted a pilot cross-sectional exposure assessment on a mobile e-waste shredding truck performing a 65-min shredding job (truck back door open and no local exhaust ventilation) in the Greate

SUBMITTER: Ceballos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7544000 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature