Recycled electrical products lead to hazardous chemicals appearing in everyday items - effect on human health?
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Hazardous chemicals such as bromine, antimony and lead are finding their way into food-contact items and other everyday products because manufacturers are using recycled electrical equipment as a source of black plastic, according to a new study.
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Posing a threat to human health, the study demonstrates there are potentially harmful effects for the marine and coastal environment either through the spread of the products as litter or as microplastics.
Andrew Turner. Black plastics: Linear and circular economies, hazardous additives and marine pollution. Environment International, 2018; 117: 308 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.036
