Concentrations and Profiles of Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans in a Discarded Electronic Waste Open Burning Site*
Mingzhong Ren1*, Sukun Zhang1, Xiaoping Liu 1 , Guixian Feng1, Zhencheng Xu1 , Jiande Fang1 Southern Branch of National Environmental Monitoring Center for Dioxin, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, MEP of PRC, Guangzhou 510655, China e-mail: renmmingzhong@
Abstract—The crude recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) reported concentrations of PCDD/Fs in various environmental in developing counties such as China has presented a partments at e-waste recycling centers, as well as the environment pollution that affects both ecosystems and the estimated levels of human exposures [3], the potential people living within or near the main recycling areas in recent environmental risk of discarded e-waste open burning sites years. Although several studies have reported concentrations of scattered at villages is less concerned. In this study, trace metals and several typical anic pollutants in polychlorinated dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) in 15 samples, various partments at e-waste recycling busted residue, dust, soil and sediment collected centers, as well as the estimated levels of human exposures to the from a discarded e-waste open burning site and its vicinage in interested contaminants, the potential environment