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Green Remediation of Environmental Pollution in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Remediation Journal, Volume 35, Issue 3, Summer 2025.
ABSTRACT The world is battling pollution issues that are exacerbated by increasing industrialization and population growth. With the current aims of sustainable development, green remediation (GR) is advocated as an approach to minimize the environmental footprint during hazardous site remediation.
Beatrice Omonike Otunola, Paidamwoyo Mhangara   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micronutrient-rich dietary intake is associated with a reduction in the effects of particulate matter on blood pressure among electronic waste recyclers at Agbogbloshie, Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Informal recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) releases particulate matter (PM) into the ambient air. Human exposure to PM has been reported to induce adverse effects on cardiovascular health.
Sylvia A. Takyi, Niladri Basu, John Arko-Mensah, Paul Botwe, Afua Asabea Amoabeng Nti, Lawrencia Kwarteng, Augustine Acquah, Prudence Tettey, Duah Dwomoh, Stuart Batterman, Thomas Robins, Julius N. Fobil   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adverse childhood experiences increase HIV risk factors in Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been associated with increased risk factors for HIV transmission, but the causal pathway is uncertain. This study documents the prevalence of ACEs by gender and their association with HIV risk factors and assesses depressive symptoms as mediating this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2019
Sznajder, K.K., Eshak, T.B., Biney, A.A.E., Dodoo, N., Wang, M., Toprah, T., Blanford, J.I., Jensen, L., Dodoo, F. N-A   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Environmental Injustice and Electronic Waste in Ghana: Challenges and Recommendations. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Njoku A, Agbalenyo M, Laude J, Ajibola TF, Attah MA, Sarko SB.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stress, health, noise exposures, and injuries among electronic waste recycling workers in Ghana

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2019
Background Electronic waste (e-waste) recycling workers in low and middle-income countries have the potential for occupational injuries due to the nature of their work at informal e-waste sites.
Katrina N. Burns, Stephanie K. Sayler, Richard L. Neitzel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

13. From Permacomputing to Agbogbloshie

Digital growth is often depicted by mainstream Western media as weightless and immaterial, beliefs reinforced by capitalistic tropes embedded in sociotechnical processes of chip miniaturisation, technological pervasiveness, and seamlessness. Among these tropes lies the metaphor of the “cloud”, used by tech corporations to obfuscate the material and ...
openaire   +1 more source

The informal paradox: electronic waste and the toxic circular economy in Ghana

npj Urban Sustainability
Decarbonization and the circular economy are heralded as sustainable pathways to address climate change, but their consequences in the Global South are often overlooked. Countries like Ghana face significant environmental and health challenges because of
Brandon Marc Finn, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Dimitrios Gounaridis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary patterns among adults in three low-income urban communities in Accra, Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Kushitor SB, Alangea DO, Aryeetey R, de-Graft Aikins A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploratory Health Assessment of Chemical Exposures at E-Waste Recycling and Scrapyard Facility in Ghana

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2013
Background. Ghana is one of several West African countries receiving high volumes of used electric and electronic equipment and waste. Within the capital city of Accra, one scrapyard has been the site of extensive e-waste handling, processing and ...
Jack Caravanos, DrPH, CIH, Edith E. Clarke, DrPH, MPH, Carl S. Osei, MD, MPH, Yaw Amoyaw-Osei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decoding the Logics behind the Demolition and Redevelopment of Agbogbloshie Scrapyard, Accra, Ghana

Geoforum
Grounded in the theoretical lens of urban revanchism (Smith, 1996), this inquiry sheds light on the continuous marginalization of informal e-waste workers by revanchist forces in emerging economies like Ghana. Urban revanchism refers to the forceful reclamation of urban spaces from specific marginalized groups.
Akwasi Owusu Sarpong, Detlef Müller-Mahn, Onallia Esther Osei   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source