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Rising urban flood risk and exposure under shared socioeconomic pathways in Greater Accra Ghana. [PDF]

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Siabi EK, Kabo-Bah AT, Akpoti K, Anornu GK, Mortey EM, Awafo EA, Derkyi NSA, Ofosu EA, Yazdanie M.   +8 more
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Rare Earth and Platinum Group Elements In Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health: The Dark Side of the Burgeoning of Technology. [PDF]

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Frazzoli C, Bocca B, Battistini B, Ruggieri F, Rovira J, Amadi CN, Offor SJ, Orisakwe OE.   +7 more
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Unpacking the influence of ICT on respiratory diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

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Luo H, Zhang L, Sun Y, Zhang L.
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Psychosocial work factors influencing health, safety, well-being and productivity of waste collectors in developing countries: a scoping review. [PDF]

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Maneen S, Botha NN, Amoadu M, Ansah EW.
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Electronic Waste and the Environmental Justice Challenge in Agbogbloshie

Environmental Justice, 2018
Abstract This article explores the promise and politics of environmental justice (EJ) in Agbogbloshie, a scrap market in Accra, Ghana, that has become a popularized zone of electronic waste (e-wast...
Grace Akese, Peter C Little
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Monitoring of pesticide residues of five notable vegetables at Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014
The study monitored the concentrations of pesticide residues in vegetables arriving at Agbogbloshie, a central market in the Accra Metropolis from different parts of Ghana and beyond. A total of 810 samples of 5 different vegetables from Central, Volta, Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern Regions, and neighboring country (Togo) were collected from January ...
P, Osei-Fosu, A K, Donkor, S, Nyarko, N K, Nazzah, I K, Asante, R, Kingsford-Adabo, N A, Arkorful   +6 more
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High levels of PAH-metabolites in urine of e-waste recycling workers from Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Science of the Total Environment, 2014
The informal recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) is an emerging source of environmental pollution in Africa. Among other toxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major health concern for exposed individuals. In a cross-sectional study, the levels of PAH metabolites in the urine of individuals working on one of the largest e-waste ...
Alexander Zoufaly, Torsten Feldt, Thomas Goen   +2 more
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Investigating 3E-materials at Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana

2015 Conference on Raising Awareness for the Societal and Environmental Role of Engineering and (Re)Training Engineers for Participatory Design (Engineering4Society), 2015
The product life cycles of electrical appliances and electronic devices impact society and the environment, given the hazardous portion present in their materials flow. Scrapping as an industry serves to decommission end-of-life (EOL) equipment, linking materials processing and recovery activities with recycling, but must be controlled against adverse ...
DK Osseo-Asare, Yasmine Abbas
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Visualizing Agbogbloshie and Re-envisioning E-Waste Anthropology

2021
AbstractChapter 5 engages a critical discussion of the visual economy of e-waste ruination in Agbogbloshie. It explores how, through ethnographic research in general and participatory photography in particular, images make meaning and shape e-waste imaginations. Circulating e-waste images of Agbogbloshie, the author argues, expose the power and utility
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Accra’s Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie settlement. To what extent is this slum sustainable?

African Geographical Review, 2020
Slum conditions associated with squatter settlements pose major challenges in African cities. In the city of Accra, Ghana, municipal officials traditionally addressed squatter settlements through d...
Benjamin Effah Oppong, Raymond Asomani-Boateng, Russell J. Fricano   +2 more
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