Every year, about 45 million metric tonnes of defunct electronic products are discarded worldwide. In many countries, this electronic waste is regarded as hazardous because of its composition of toxic metals and organic chemicals.1 However, the report by Kristen Grant and colleagues2 in The Lancet Global Health shows major gaps and uncertainties in the understanding of the risks associated with exposure, vulnerability, and causal linkage of e-waste to disease burden.
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