Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Julius Fobil; Priscillah Abotsi; Augustine A. Acquah; John Arko-Mensah; Clive D’Souza; Bernard Martin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74611-7_102

Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Julius Fobil
, Priscillah Abotsi
, Augustine A. Acquah
, John Arko-Mensah
, Clive D’Souza
, Bernard Martin

University of Ghana
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Abstract

The unregulated and unorganized structure of informal electronic waste recycling worksites exposes workers to numerous occupational hazards. This context also presents research challenges in collecting exposure data to establish linkages with adverse health effects and development of risk-mitigating strategies. This paper presents some findings from a 5-year multinational and multi-institutional collaboration of academic and government partners, which documented extensive occupational and environmental health conditions at the Agbogbloshie electronic waste site in central Accra, Ghana.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Healthcare and Healthy Work
Editors	Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	746-752
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030746100
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74611-7_102
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 13 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	222 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/06/21 → 18/06/21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Agbogbloshie
Electronic waste
Ergonomics
Occupational health

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Fobil, J., Abotsi, P., Acquah, A. A., Arko-Mensah, J., D’Souza, C., & Martin, B. (2021). Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana. In N. L. Black, W. P. Neumann, & I. Noy (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Healthcare and Healthy Work (pp. 746-752). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 222 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74611-7_102

Fobil, Julius ; Abotsi, Priscillah ; Acquah, Augustine A. et al. / Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Healthcare and Healthy Work. editor / Nancy L. Black ; W. Patrick Neumann ; Ian Noy. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 746-752 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana. / Fobil, Julius; Abotsi, Priscillah; Acquah, Augustine A. et al.
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Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana

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