Perhaps less well-known is the electronic waste that’s becoming a serious problem in parts of the country.
These people are at risk of infection and physical injury from handling waste. They are in danger of direct chemical poisoning leading to organ dysfunction, or disorders that are an indirect result of exposure to hazardous chemicals. E-waste can also induce, we collected blood samples and cheek cell samples from teenagers who were sorting through waste at the Alaba international electronic market. We found their blood contained much higher levels of heavy metals than a control group.
Within this group, higher levels also corresponded with longer periods spent in contact with e-waste, genetic predisposition , previous or concurrent exposures to other substances , and the concentrations and types of toxic substances the person had been exposed to. Genetic damage is usually due to exposure to chronic concentration or doses of xenobiotics. The most worrisome aspect is when the effect is not expressed in an individual but transferred onto another generation before it is expressed.
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