The Health Burden of E-Waste: The Impact of E-Waste Dumping Sites on Child Mortality
研究了加纳和尼日利亚两个电子废弃物倾倒场对新生儿和婴儿死亡率的影响，发现靠近倾倒场会增加死亡率，且影响在场地开放两三年后显现，可能与水和农产品污染有关。
Abstract E-waste is one of the fastest growing global waste streams, and is frequently shipped to poorer nations illegally, leading to contamination of local environments. The impact of e-waste dumping sites on neonatal and infant mortality is investigated, focusing on two major dumpsites in Ghana and Nigeria. Using a difference-in-differences approach, outcomes are compared for children born near and far from dumpsites before and after their creation. E-waste sites increase neonatal and infant mortality for those living closer to sites. Event studies suggest that effects emerge two to three years after site openings, consistent with gradual and systematic accumulation of contaminants in the environment. There is suggestive evidence that contamination of water and of urban farming produce are among the drivers of the observed effects.