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Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… It has an affinity for sulfhydryl groups and other organic ligands in proteins and can mimic other biologically … clumsiness and intermittent lethargy. This may progress to persistent vomiting, ataxia, convulsions, severe cerebral … 2017). Blacksmith Institute (2009). The problem. In: Pollutant: Lead [website]. New York: Blacksmith Institute; …
20 May 2026 Document

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… element of electronic equipment (see also PWB); POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants; PVC Polyvinylchloride; PWB Printed Wiring … in 2004; Stockholm Convention Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; adopted in 2001; entered into …
20 May 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls or polybrominated biphenyls including hexabromobiphenyl

… of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants. Van den Berg, M. et al, 2013. …
20 May 2026 Document