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Effect of Particulate Matter Exposure on Respiratory Health of e-Waste Workers at Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Background: Direct and continuous exposure to particulate matter (PM), especially in occupational settings is known to impact negatively on respiratory health and lung function. Objective: To determine the association between concentrations of PM (2.5, 2.
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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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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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From the Cloud to Agbogbloshie: The Case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform and Akwasi Bediako Afrane’s TRONS

2023
This contribution sheds light on discarded electronics repair in Accra, Ghana. After placing these practices in dialogue with the Western and Eurocentric narratives around the materiality of digital interactions and infrastructure, it delves into two arts and design contexts that gravitate around the electronic waste landfill and processing site of ...
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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 ...
Torsten Feldt, Thomas Göen, Julius N. Fobil   +2 more
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BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF AGBOGBLOSHIE'S DEMOLITION: A Victim's Perspective Beyond Revanchism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Abstract In many cities across the global South, urban redevelopment initiatives have long been synonymous with large‐scale demolitions that obscure the true objectives of city authorities under the guise of sanitizing the city. These interventions, steeped in revanchist ideologies, disproportionately target informal economies and ...
Akwasi Owusu Sarpong, Detlef Müller‐Mahn, Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, Peter Mensah   +3 more
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Structured identification of response options to address environmental health risks at the Agbogbloshie electronic waste site

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2017
Abstract   Electronic waste (e-waste) is a growing problem across low- and middle-income countries. Agbogbloshie (Accra, Ghana) is among the world's largest and most notorious e-waste sites, with an increasing number of studies documenting a range of environmental health risks. The present study aimed
Danielle Cazabon, Julius N Fobil, George Essegbey, Niladri Basu   +3 more
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Rethinking Agbogbloshie: Governance, labor, and the urban politics of E-waste in Accra

Journal of Environmental Management
Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana, is often portrayed as the "world's most toxic dump," but such depictions obscure how informal recycling is sustained through governance and political economy. This study asks: how do political, economic, and regulatory structures organize informal e-waste work, and with what consequences?
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The socio-economic well-being of internal migrants in Agbogbloshie, Ghana

2016
The recent claims that migration can improve the well-being of migrants and thei dependants back home has mainly focused on international migration to destinations that are considered developed. Few studies have focused on internal migration and its effects on migrants’ wellbeing.
Adamtey, Ronald, Yajalin, John Ebotui, Oduro, Charles Yaw   +2 more
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