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Toxic Components in Electronics Explained

The document summarizes the components found in electronic devices and their effects. It lists several components such as lead, cadmium, organotins, phthalates, PVC, beryllium, BFRs, mercury, and chromium. For each component, it provides 1-2 sentences on their toxic effects on humans, animals, and the environment through contamination of air, water, soil, and the food chain. The components are found primarily in electrical equipment, cables, batteries, and plastic or metal parts of devices.

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Toxic Components in Electronics Explained

The document summarizes the components found in electronic devices and their effects. It lists several components such as lead, cadmium, organotins, phthalates, PVC, beryllium, BFRs, mercury, and chromium. For each component, it provides 1-2 sentences on their toxic effects on humans, animals, and the environment through contamination of air, water, soil, and the food chain. The components are found primarily in electrical equipment, cables, batteries, and plastic or metal parts of devices.

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Component Effect
this devices

Lead Workers breath lead dust, affect the food chain and the human Electrical solder
metabolism and is highly toxic for humans. In environment the primarily, Printed
lead accumulate and had a lot of duration. circuit boards and
CRTs

Cadmium In humans produce damage in the kidneys,disruption in the Laptop computer,


calcium, hypertension,heart diseases,problems in the respiratory electronic
system and cancer. Are toxic for animals, plants and the soil equipment,
killing them and contamination of water and soil switches and
batteries

Organotins Has affect in sexual development in marine snails, so toxic for Pipes, panels
marine species

Phthalates Damage to sperm DNA,reduction of sex hormones in adult males, For making plastic
alteration of hormones, obesity and other sexual diseases. parts or
Animals reproductive abnormalities and sicknesses principally to separating
frogs, fishes and other amphibians substances

PVC Contamination in environment making it toxic, malformation in Protective covers


humans, breast cancer for cables,
plugs,switches,
etc

Berylium Lungs problems like pneumonia, death of animals plants and Electrical circuits
humans, don't affect the environment but the ways in which is
extracted is very destructive

BFRs Contamination of the environment, produce problems in milk, Televisions,


blood, respiratory, nervous and digestive system in humans computers and
hospital beds

Mercury Contamination of air,water and soil, plants and animals Screens and
intoxication. In humans produce damage in the nervous and batteries of some
respiratory system computers

Chromium Its highly toxic for animals, plants, humans and the environment. Cables,
Produce cancer in humans and animals,in humans produce skin, computers parts
kidneys and liver damage like the motor

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