Health Risks Associated with Informal Electronic Waste Recycling in Africa: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Informal electronic waste (e-waste) recycling in Africa has become a major public health concern. This review examined studies that report on the association between e-waste exposure and adverse human health outcomes in Africa. The review was conducted following the updated version of the Preferred Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA 2020) statement checklist. We included papers that were original peer-reviewed epidemiological studies and conference papers, written in English, and reported on e-waste exposure among human populations and any health-related outcome in the context of Africa. Our results from the evaluation of 17 studies found an association between informal e-waste recycling methods and musculoskeletal disease (MSD) symptoms and physical injuries such as bac

SUBMITTER: Issah I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9655142 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature