WHO - Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations [2017]
Description:
The document prepared by WHO provides health sector decision makers with essential information on how recycling used lead-acid batteries can cause significant environmental contamination and human exposure to lead. The document provides overview information on (i) the mechanisms of lead release during recycling; (ii) the main routes of lead exposure; (iii) the health impacts and associated burden of disease; (iv) methods for assessing lead exposure; and (v) the types of control measures required to prevent lead emissions and exposures.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
The document aims to help the health sector recognize recycling used lead-acid batteries as an important source of lead exposure. It also supports environmental and public health decision making and waste management decisions regarding recycling of used lead-acid batteries and aims to inform policymakers of the health and economic burdens of lead.
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