弥合知识的差距! 电子垃圾非正式工作人员的健康结果
Béla Eckhardt1, Andrea Kaifie2,3
1Institute for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
概括
非正式的电子废物回收会对工人健康产生重大影响,导致荷尔蒙,呼吸道,脏和皮肤问题. 很难确定因果关系,除了伤害和皮肤疾病,强调需要更好的处置策略.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 现有的研究往往忽略了对电子废物工作者和旁观者的明显健康影响.
- 以前的研究经常报告了代用发现,而不是临床上显著的健康结果.
- 本次审查特别关注非正式电子废物工作者所经历的直接健康影响.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和分析非正式电子废物回收利用对工人的直接健康影响.
- 巩固有关低收入和中等收入国家健康结果的证据.
主要方法:
- 在Embase,PubMed和Web of Science数据库中进行了系统的文献搜索.
- 从1980年到2021年11月以德语或英语出版的研究包括在内,遵守PRISMA指南.
- 分析了26项研究 (横截面,纵向,病例对照),将健康影响分类为荷尔蒙,呼吸道,脏,心血管,肌肉骨和一般症状.
主要成果:
- 电子废物暴露与脂肪代谢改变,甲状腺失衡,生育能力受损和功能障碍有关.
- 报告了呼吸系统症状,喘,心律不整,高血压和肌肉骨疼痛的增加.
- 高比例的工人受伤 (高达89%) 和皮肤疾病 (高达87.5-100%).
结论:
- 建立非正式电子废物工作和健康影响之间的因果关系是具有挑战性的,因为研究结果和研究质量不一致,除了受伤和皮肤疾病.
- 高质量的研究对于了解健康影响的全部范围至关重要.
- 需要协调一致的国家和国际政治努力来应对电子废物处理的挑战.
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