E-waste includes a mixture of many chemicals that cause known adverse health effects alone: lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Inappropriate handing of ...

There's particular concern over the effects of e-waste on human health. Discarded devices can contain cancer-causing chemicals such as PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).

There’s particular concern over the effects of e-waste on human health. Discarded devices can contain cancer-causing chemicals such as PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).

Device reuse will be an important factor in mitigating the hazardous effects of e-waste on the environment and human health. What is device reuse?

UB’s Nirupam Aich is working with partners in Bangladesh to research pollution and health risks associated with this industry.

UB engineering researcher Nirupam Aich set out to study the hazards of electronic waste recycling after learning about illegal shipments of this waste from developed countries, such as the United ...

Water pollution can cause water to become toxic to humans and the environment. Polluted water can also lead to numerous health conditions. Learn more.

More than 1.5 million scientific samples of human feces, urine and blood may have to be thrown out as the Trump admin cuts research funding.

40 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, in 12 trucks, the toxic waste finally leaves the city. At around 9.05pm, 337 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal finally left on ...

The project, called E-Waste in Ghana: Tracing Transboundary Flows, which won this year's Fondation Carmignac photojournalism award, aims to capture both the positive and negative aspects of e-waste.