Overview With the current trend in technological advancement and increasing innovations in the energy sector, it is clear that batteries will revolutionize the market in the coming years. The energy and technology transition, though slow, is taking center stage and…
At a population level the main impacts of lead exposure arise from its effects on neurocognitive development in children and on cardiovascular disease in adulthood. In children the greater risk of reduced cognitive ability, IQ, attention and visualmotor and reasoning…
Introduction The health impacts of lead exposure, including low-level exposure, have been extensively reviewed and are summarized here (ATSDR, 2007; JECFA, 2011; NTP, 2012; Health Canada, 2013). Young children, pregnant women and women of childbearing age are particularly vulnerable to…
Introduction Approximately 85% of the total global consumption of lead is for the production of lead-acid batteries (ILA, 2017). This represents a fast-growing market, especially in Asia (Future Market Insights, 2014). The main uses of these batteries are in motorized…
Introduction The main pathways of exposure to lead from recycling used lead-acid batteries arise from environmental emissions. These occur at various stages in the recycling process, as described below. Lead particles and fumes emitted into the air can be inhaled…
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the institution that manages Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, is allocating $24 million (10 billion naira) in funding for renewable energy. This investment is aimed at the deployment of more than 200,000 solar home systems…
Exposure assessment is one component of the risk assessment process that culminates in the characterization of the health risks posed by a chemical to a population (WHO, 2010b). An investigation of lead exposure from recycling should involve identification or confirmation…
